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uh oh! that doesn't sound promising. I read somewhere it may have to do with a poorly faced head tube?
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there is indeed probably an explanation. most sensible one would be something is preventing the headset to operate 100% correctly (ovalized headtude, bad facing, misalignment, etc.); I just had limited tools or means to control what is wrong.
But if it rides okay and you won't go down a mountain with the bike full of luggage, I'd say live with it ha ha ha -
My guess is that or (less likely) the crown race seat isn't machined perfectly flat.
Nice bike btw I had the Royale version from that era. Similar but 531.
paulbiche
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Had a similar issue with a frame. Tried 2 different forks, 3 different headsets, and all the combinations of both components, never got rid of the tigh point on one side. head tube doesn't seem to be damaged or anything but I'm no expert.
Riding it as it is, not causing any significant problem, can ride it also no-handed (but feels not 100% stable to be fair), but never understood the cause and drove me crazy