Slowman wrote:
those who said "yes" to this, can you describe your bike, and the experience? specifically: 1. what kind and size of bike? 2012 Specialized Shiv Tri with SRAM Red, size small.
2. what's the front end config? stem length, # of spacers, and if a tri bike than the aerobar type Specialized Carbon bars that come with the bike, with integrated stem, one spacer.
3. what were you doing when it happened? Descending from Brockway Summit in Tahoe, going about 45 MPH. Brand new pavement. It just felt like the pavement got very "slippery" and the bike got very hard to control. Felt like it was going to buck me off. Pushed my knee against the top tube and it went away. Changed pants later....
ETA. I wasn't really sure what had happened (this was a pre-Tahoe, 2013 course recon ride) so I rode back up to the top and tried it again and the exact same thing happened. This makes me believe in the oscillation/harmonics of the bike theory at a certain speed. I was very glad to experience this before race day. On race day I preemptively put my knee against the frame on the descent and despite hitting similar speeds I never felt the bike get wobbly.
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Jason
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wannabefaster: Apr 22, 15 13:14