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    Front wheel wobble/vibration at speed

    Just to update my fellow @ riders - we had a post some time ago about front wheel wobble, and it semed to be linked to the TKC tyres.

    Recently serviced and checked over the bike, and in the process decided to nip up the head races (even though there was NO movement felt with the front wheel off the ground).

    Well its made a hell of a difference -no more wobble up to about 95, then just a gentle vibe felt thru the bars which i guess is just the tyres.

    Hope this helps .

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    Re: Front wheel wobble/vibration at speed

    Quote Originally Posted by anton88 View Post
    Just to update my fellow @ riders - we had a post some time ago about front wheel wobble, and it semed to be linked to the TKC tyres.

    Recently serviced and checked over the bike, and in the process decided to nip up the head races (even though there was NO movement felt with the front wheel off the ground).

    Well its made a hell of a difference -no more wobble up to about 95, then just a gentle vibe felt thru the bars which i guess is just the tyres.

    Hope this helps .
    Exactly my problem. Changed the bearing, re-did the brakes, tightened the head races with the wheel still on, nothing. Took the wheel off and managed an extra quarter turn tightening them up - problem solved.
    No more wheel wobble until the front tyre puncture in France.
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