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Chalfie
ChasnotRobert
Frame geometry / handling question:
This may be nonsense and completely circumstantial and my own bloody fault (it is that, I agree).
I've ended up in A&E once in the last 30,000km odd km of cycling (this was today).
I've ended up off the bike hard enough to remember it 3 times in same time (including today).
Two times were on my Surly cross check, and both were my fault.
One time was on my Lynskey R230 and arguably only partially my fault - I went round a corner which turned out to be muddy and greasy and the bike slid out from beneath me. I think there was oil / deisel as well as mud on the road.
So, on the Surly, both times I've lost the front wheel and it's whipped round and ended up under the downtube.
First time I was going slowly and just did something stupid which unbalanced the bike and I came off.
Today I was coming down a shallow incline, thoughts were miles away, I was nearly home after a 3 hour ride. Hit a bit of a bump in the road which knocked either one or both of my hands off the bars, next thing I know the wheel's tucked under and I'm heading to the tarmac face first at around 25-30kph. Which hurt, a lot.
So my question is, is there something about the geometry of the Surly which makes the front wheel less inclined to track back into a straight line after receiving a shock?