It’s the feeling of not having control, and indeed not knowing what to control, that makes it so scary and the thought of loosening my white knuckle grip of the drops was absolutely the last thing on my mind. If it happens again, and I’ll do everything in my power to make sure it doesn’t, knee into the crossbar will be the first resort if I can’t reach the brake.
In retrospect, and albeit it didn’t seem so at the time, the entire incident probably didn’t last more than two or three seconds, and as soon as I managed to slow my speed, by not much more than 1 mph, the wobble cut out instantly.
I’ve reached higher speeds on that bike without any problem and the parameters required to induce the ‘shimmy’ do seem to be quite narrow, so it’s certainly not going to put me off. Just another one to mark down to experience!
In retrospect, and albeit it didn’t seem so at the time, the entire incident probably didn’t last more than two or three seconds, and as soon as I managed to slow my speed, by not much more than 1 mph, the wobble cut out instantly.
I’ve reached higher speeds on that bike without any problem and the parameters required to induce the ‘shimmy’ do seem to be quite narrow, so it’s certainly not going to put me off. Just another one to mark down to experience!
I've put my wobbles down to a combination of the tyre, greasy surface and my weight distribution at the time, doesn't sound like it was any of them in your case.
