Sell my Crabon, build a steel road bike.

To reiterate. I fucking love this bike.

Wait - did you build the bike around a pair of shoes

Seems legit.

Those bottles...

Very nice.

Wait - did you build the bike around a pair of shoes

No. This isn't DBAD!

Nice idea though.

Those bottles...

I like these bottles. I have ... foibles.

Very nice.

Thanks.

This isn’t DBAD!

Yet

That sock and shoe combo wouldn't cut it in the trainers thread.

Lolling at the Andy from CBeebies comment @mashton

You know I'm the original #baddad.

First time for me yesterday: descending no handed on this bike at about 30mph on a slightly rough surface and got a speed wobble or shimmy on the front end. Mildly shit myself and then slowed to a stop.

Checked the bike over, all fine. Nothing mechanical. It will probably be a characteristic of the bike geometry and material elasticity.

On the same ride I had descended faster with hands on bars on a smoother surface and had no problem.

Something to keep in mind.

It's probably you rather than the bike.

I've had speed wobbles on a steel bike and on my aluminium bike.
Mainly it's because I descend like a blouse.

It's probably you rather than the bike.

My geometry and material elasticity?

Probably.

Yeah, it can happen with any frame material. Seen videos of it on carbon too.

My old steel commuter would do it just riding along no handed - I think it was exacerbated by being fixed so the power/flex (such as there was) would come at the same time each time.

I think its also made worse by bigger frames in light steel which is presumably thinner over a longer length than a more compact frame.

Glad you're enjoying the frame, its been a fun build to follow, and those shoes!

Ah. The shoes.

I live for the shoes.

I recommend leaving your hands on the bars whilst descending.

Nice bike Matt.

Good advice.

Man gotta do his jacket up. #prostyle

Have you checked the headset? If it's too tight or too loose, that can cause speed wobbles.

Yep. First thing I checked when I stopped.

Esp since it came loose on my first proper ride on the bike (after being somewhat slapdashly installed by me and then adjusted by @hillbilly - neither of us come out of that story very well.) I was in Kingston at the time so the nice people in Sigma Sport did it up properly. (Blows kisses at Jim)

I've heard there's a trick for preventing speed wobble that involves installing one set of bearings on the headset upside down.

NB rest of forum: this is a joke.