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Hah looks pretty mad, but cool.
Introducing a range limiter is deffo a good idea, maybe before loading it up... also is there some sort of way to make the wheel want to self align? Like tying an elastic bungee or something from the steering bar to the frame like the urban arrows have. Orrr something more high tech like the steerer damper kit that you can get for bullits 😂. Think that might improve on twitchy feeling
Any idea what the max load is roughly?
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Got the frame from oop north this week. Ordered some cabling and stripped a rear wheel and brakes and stuff from deceased bikes at the scrapyard. Good enough to test until I can source quality parts. Popped the near complete Deore XT 8spd group from the broken mtb so it will shift well at least.
Managed one photo of the bike built up before the torrential stormy windy weather forced me back indoors. Ignore the saddle angle/long cables/poxy zipties.
Barely managed a couple minutes around the car park - way too windy, and steering was way too twitchy. It seemed better when turning than when heading straight.
Something must have been loose on the steering rod or in the headsets, allowing the rod to swing, front wheel to wobble, and shake the steering in my hands. Also likely an issue with being totally unladen. May put a bag of bricks on it next week when I’m back.
Also very easy to oversteer and lock out the front wheel, slamming the rod against the frame. Maybe I must look at some kind of limiter to reduce my steering range.
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