Reduce Handlebar "judder"?

[bonj2]

Um, haven't you just contradicted yourself a bit with the middle one? And the first, for that matter?

erm, no. It isn't a bike that is wrong because it doesn't even qualify as a valid bike imho. It's a wrong... thing. Contraption, if you like.

 

[dodgy]

bonj is confused, but I'd agree that that Moulton was born in the ugly tree.

 

[bonj2]

You recumbentists are always moaning on about the UCI setting strict guidelines about what a valid bike is like, but then you come up with something like that!
You don't do yourselves any favours, do you!
The regulators probably occasionally think they're being a little harsh and consider relaxing them, but then they walk out and see something like that, and turn right back where they came from, laughing at themselves for even thinking that 'alternative' could also encompass 'sensible'.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I tried similar to these when I still had flat bars on my bike. They did no good at all :?:

There's also the Ergo type - which aren't just round, but shaped to fit the palm better

Like this (pulled randomly off ebay...)

 

[TheDoctor]

WTF are you on about now, Bonj? That's not a recumbent!

 

[Angelfishsolo]

OK so road vibration - What tyres are on the bike? Smoother tyres, smoother ride. Also although higher pressure makes for a faster and firmer ride dropping 5 psi or so (if tyres or at a high pressure) could well make a large difference. Hope the bike gets sorted out :?:

Yeah, after further interrogation it is road vibration, not judder after all.

Thanks for the tips, I will pass them on, and see what she says

 

[Arch]

I tried similar to these when I still had flat bars on my bike. They did no good at all :?:

Yeah, I guess we're all different. I know they work well for my boss.

TheDoc - you beat me to it...

 

[bonj2]

WTF are you on about now, Bonj? That's not a recumbent!

no but it only exists because it's been built by people who have got bored of building recumbents.

 

[Arch]

no but it only exists because it's been built by people who have got bored of building recumbents.

And here endeth the lesson...

 

[mickle]

Tyre pressure, buckled wheel, loose stem, loose bars, loose spokes, wrong kind of tyres, damaged axle. Any one or any combination could cause what you describe.

???? Sorry but this is tripe. When did loose bars ever cause 'judder' and what are 'wrong kind of tyres'?

 

[Randochap]

erm, no. It isn't a bike that is wrong because it doesn't even qualify as a valid bike imho. It's a wrong... thing. Contraption, if you like.

Well, I have a clubmate who took his "thing/contraption" and rode the last 2 editions of Paris-Brest-Paris -- In 2007, he graced the big poster plastered all over Guyancourt. Photo here.

I couldn't keep up with him on his Moulton ... and I'll wager you wouldn't stand a chance in hell either.

 

[bonj2]

Well, I have a clubmate who took his "thing/contraption" and rode the last 2 editions of Paris-Brest-Paris -- In 2007, he graced the big poster plastered all over Guyancourt. Photo here.

I couldn't keep up with him on his Moulton ... and I'll wager you wouldn't stand a chance in hell either.

One question.

Three letters, first one being 'W' and the last one being 'Y'.

Can you guess what it is?

 

[Randochap]

One question.

Three letters, first one being 'W' and the last one being 'Y'.

Can you guess what it is?

Well, I'm not here to play word games, but assuming you're askin "why," I'd guess because the Moulton is easy to pack and transport, unlike a non-folding, un-coupled bicycle (I didn't have much fun hauling my big bike box halfway around the world and across France), because, I've heard tell, the sprung Moulton is very comfortable and, most importantly, because he could.

Why did your fellow countryman Drew Buck ride a 80 y/o retro-drive 2-speed (featured on this page ) over the 1200 kilometre, rain-lashed 2007 PBP route? Again, because he could.

Now you answer my question: Could you ride anything over the same course?

 

[bonj2]

oh rando!, i'm on your side! (well, not of the atlantic obviously, but you know what i mean.)
but in answer to your question, i'm presuming the PBP is something you plan for, rather than just 'nip' to on your way home from somewhere. Therefore i would think it pretty nonsensical if the journey from home to the start and from the finish back home again is more of an influence on bike choice than the actual ride itself, particularly when the only vehicles you can't take a normal bike on are some buses. Trains, planes, automobiles - you can take bikes on all of those.

Could I ride anything over it? probably, although i never have done as yet. I can't see any reason why not, can you? (presuming by 'anything' you mean anything *of my choice*, rather than anything as in any given thing you care to think of)