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  • September 22, 2013 at 9:35 pm #19924
    skitza

    As a lad i could ride for miles at a time no handed and fairly comfortably did it on my mtb but as soon as i try my stage winner impression on the road bike i start wobbling and veering like a geriatric!? Am i now officially an unbalanced old fart!?

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  • September 23, 2013 at 1:56 am #757801
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    Colin Peyresourde

    Road bikes are harder to ride
    Road bikes are harder to ride no handed. I ride my MTB to work and can do so no handed easily. I’m not so confident with my road bike. Possibly the steering is lighter and so it takes less to move it.

    September 23, 2013 at 12:55 am #757799
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    A V Lowe

    Basically trail and weight
    Basically trail and weight distribution – Bromptons ride with tank-slapper mode when unladen+hands-off but put weight forward and it cures issue. Bikes go into tank slapper when front unloads and trail reduces – cure = ease off and let weight gently move forward. Two things happen – contact patch gets bigger (length grows faster) and trail from steering pivot goes forward from contact point pivot.

    Had similar with badly loaded trailers (nose light) and fortunately we managed to pull the oscillation out by very gentle acceleration, and very gentle correction.

    If you want to ride relaxed and hands off buy classic ‘Dutch’/Flying Pigeon/UK roadster geometry.

    September 23, 2013 at 12:29 am #757797
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    badkneestom

    Physics. You have a much
    Physics. You have a much higher center of gravity on a road bike.
    Other answers may be somewhat true but are stupid in comparison to mine.

    September 22, 2013 at 10:29 pm #757795
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    skitza

    lol all of the above methinks
    lol all of the above methinks plus fear ! Fork trail?! explain ?

    September 22, 2013 at 10:21 pm #757793
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    msw

    I’m the same I suppose. A few
    I’m the same I suppose. A few possible contributing factors:

    1) Fear
    2) Fork trail
    3) Lower back flexibility
    4) Clipless pedals
    5) More fear.

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