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MCamb
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Steering felt unnatural so probably the lengths are not correct, but I assumed the different lengths are to compensate for the different headtube angles. I need to dampen and restrict the movement. I tried quickly in the bad weather on friday and the front wheel was like a fishtail, shook and wobbled, and when correcting it was easy to oversteer and lock out the wheel.
For sure there is an element of inexperience, but I want to restrict the potential to oversteer and lock out, reduce the wobbling of the front wheel - I would hope that aids steering and control, when I can trust the front wheel not to make its own decisions.
I think that maybe the steerer rod needed tightening down too, as it had a chance to swing about a bit which didn’t help at all.
Will report back once I get home and can test it this week sometime.