Timeline for answers for why the bike wobbles back and forth when standing on the pedals and working it
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| Apr 4, 2017 at 17:21 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackBicycles/status/849311006182473729 | ||
| Apr 1, 2017 at 21:56 | answer | added | Stew C | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 15:46 | answer | added | ojs | timeline score: 1 | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 11:36 | comment | added | Daniel R Hicks | If you have really lightly-built wheels it's possible to put them out of true by working the bike as you describe. This could maybe be expected of a wheel on a racing bike, but should not occur or a more mundane bike, and especially not on anything resembling a "mountain" bike. What kind of bike do you have? (And how much does your friend weigh?) | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 10:21 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Sounds like your friend is sprinting out of the saddle and using his arms to push the bike around, effectively raising the angle of the bottom bracket axle to get the pedal around faster. This also shouldn't be putting your wheels out of true, however the raw tension on the chain can move the rear wheel in the dropouts, more-so if its not fully tight, or if the dropouts aren't parallel to each other. | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 10:17 | comment | added | Criggie♦ | Strange for a wheel to come out of true through normal riding. Is he hitting potholes or going up/down kerbs/curbs ? | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 7:37 | answer | added | srank | timeline score: 2 | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 4:38 | review | First posts | |||
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| Apr 1, 2017 at 4:35 | history | asked | G Wall | CC BY-SA 3.0 |