Why do I always feel crooked when riding? please help
10-27-09, 01:09 PM
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Why do I always feel crooked when riding? please help
Lately I feel like the front of my bike is always leaning to the left no matter how precisely I align my stem with my front wheel. I'm not sure what's causing this. It might just be a matter of genetics (one arm being slightly longer than the other) or maybe my fork is bent? I really don't know what it is. I play around with adjusting the stem but it still feels crooked when I ride. I know it's not that serious but little things like this irk me. Any ideas as to why this occurs?
10-27-09, 01:18 PM
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Lately I feel like the front of my bike is always leaning to the left no matter how precisely I align my stem with my front wheel. I'm not sure what's causing this. It might just be a matter of genetics (one arm being slightly longer than the other) or maybe my fork is bent? I really don't know what it is. I play around with adjusting the stem but it still feels crooked when I ride. I know it's not that serious but little things like this irk me. Any ideas as to why this occurs?
maybe if your bar is not centered on the stem that may cause a unbalance and a leaning on the front end.
10-27-09, 01:19 PM
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Or maybe your seat is crooked.
10-27-09, 01:22 PM
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do you feel your bike is leaning to the left or turning to the left?
Or maybe your seat is crooked
10-27-09, 01:34 PM
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This may in fact be an illusion, similar to eyeballing a chainline etc.
I feel like my commuter leans to the right a bit; one can sit there and look for problems all day long, but in reality it's probably the way your body is positioned, the particular point of rotation your crank is at, and the grade of the surface you're riding on.
Remember that a 20lb steel frame flexes a lot; if all of your weight is positioned on one side of the bike, of course it's going to lean in that direction.
I feel like my commuter leans to the right a bit; one can sit there and look for problems all day long, but in reality it's probably the way your body is positioned, the particular point of rotation your crank is at, and the grade of the surface you're riding on.
Remember that a 20lb steel frame flexes a lot; if all of your weight is positioned on one side of the bike, of course it's going to lean in that direction.
10-27-09, 01:41 PM
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checking the alignment of your rear wheel
This may in fact be an illusion
10-27-09, 02:01 PM
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"Why do I always feel crooked when riding?"
Do you work for a Republican?
Do you work for a Republican?
10-27-09, 02:15 PM
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Did you check to see if your handle bars are centered?
What bike is this?
You did mention different arm lengths before
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I think it was the Tommasso Augusta that had the chainstay/seatstay centering issues.
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Trade bikes with a buddy or two. If their bikes are leaning to the left too, maybe it's you. I'm in Brooklyn often, I'll be willing to trade bikes and do a lap with you in Prospect Park.
10-27-09, 09:50 PM
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