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Re: [bentechriders] Re: Ragbrai

I checked trueness the first time it happened and everything was OK.
At the moment I don't have any pics but give me a few days and I'll get some.

Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: Burke Jones
To: bentechriders@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2005 1:06 AM
Subject: [bentechriders] Re: Ragbrai



I have never experience the wheel wobble you indicated. Have you
checked your wheel for trueness? I have a friend that rides DF and
this happened to him because his wheel was out of true.

Do you have any pics of your M5 style seat? I am getting ready to
either buy a Rans style or M5 style seat. I would be interested in
seeing how you mounted it.

Burke Jones
http://burkejones.typepad.com/recumbents

--- In bentechriders@yahoogroups.com, "schmooozerprime"
<paul.james@s...> wrote:
>
>
> Hello fellow Bentech riders! I built my SWB OSS from one of Dom's
> frame kits in 2001 (I think). Since then I've made a few mods,
mainly
> swapping the mesh seat for an M5 style hard seat. I recommend it
to
> any bent rider. It's VERY comfortable and, as opposed to the mesh
> seat, I can put my feet down flat on the pavement when I'm
stopped.
> The other addition is a rear rack. I used mostly Sram components
and
> like them very much.
>
> A Question- Have any other bent riders experienced the "wobs" when
> going downhill sometimes? It's as scary as shit. I'm doing
probably
> 25-30 down a gentle hill when all of a sudden the front wheel
starts
> to oscillate. It gets pretty hairy but by careful use of the
brakes I
> can get out of it. This whole thing has me wary of doing any high
> speed runs. Although I haven't dumped yet, I don't know what will
> happen at higher speeds (my max is 42). I don't want to crash at
40
> so I've been holding back.
>
> Also- Has anybody done RAGBRAI? It's the largest unorganized bike
> ride in the country (world?). Between 10 & 20,000 riders for 7
days
> going across the state of Iowa. Each year the route is different
and
> it usually totals around 500 miles. It's a lot of fun. I've done
it 5
> times and have no thoughts of stopping. Check it out at
RAGBRAI.org
> or TeamSchmoooze.com (yes, there are 3 'o's in Schmoooze).
>
> Later....




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Wed Mar 30, 2005 2:32 am

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Hello fellow Bentech riders! I built my SWB OSS from one of Dom's frame kits in 2001 (I think). Since then I've made a few mods, mainly swapping the mesh seat...
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I have never experience the wheel wobble you indicated. Have you checked your wheel for trueness? I have a friend that rides DF and this happened to him...
Burke Jones
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Mar 29, 2005
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I checked trueness the first time it happened and everything was OK. At the moment I don't have any pics but give me a few days and I'll get some. Paul ... ...
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