I am finally fully kitted out on my Silvio (clipless, no fairing, fenders, rack…don’t have my bikebin yet) and took my first full ride into work this morning.
My time, in a hard (but not epic) push, was 59:10. Previously I mentioned that I would have a healthy record to beat if I ever got a Silvio. That record by the way was set pre-fairing. Whewie…I can’t believe I ran that time. It’s gonna be tough to beat.
Climbing speeds were really fast.
I noticed that my descent down Talbot got a little wavy pedalling up to about 33mph and stayed wobbly after I stopped pedaling. Not sure yet what that is about.
Stats:
Distance reading – 17.11 miles (Colman Park alternative)
Average speed – 17.4 mph
Top speed (wobbly) 38.1 mph on Talbot.
Total distance on the bike so far is 40.5 miles.
blief 
When the pedals (with your big feet) are moving in a more or less circular motion, they create a dynamic rotational unbalance at the front wheel. See if the “wavy” motion/sensation is coincident with your pedal-foot rotational frequency. That would verify my analysis.
However, I assume that the pedals are NOT rotating when you stop pedaling! So there must be another phenomenon involved; perhaps a lateral elasticity that is interacting with the mass-spring dynamics of the front wheel steering system. (The “spring” is the tendency for the front wheel to “center” with “hands-off”.)
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What he said.
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Or maybe your front wheel is unbalanced. That may be what Ward was saying in his post, but he lost me with “lateral elasticity” 🙂
Tom
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What I meant by “lateral elasticity” is the flexibility in bending sideways (which I’m sure that plastic bike frame can do!). But we digress — I now believe the “wobbling” is more exciting!! I am working on a theory of front wheel misalignment! How about that!!
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