no hands - am I fat on one side?

poochiem

I have hands. But when i remove them from the handlebars my bike is leaning to the right. I rarely cycle like a 12yr old but I noticed it yesterday as I was trying to stretch out my back - the bike was leaning to the right. I don't mean steering right but it seemed to lean to the right thus making straight line no-hands cycling impossible. Whats your take on it?

mloc123

Improve your balance...

victorcarrera

Some things to check.
Is the front tyre seated evenly on the rim?
Does the steering move freely without a notchy feeling?
Try different scenarios eg pedalling, not pedalling with left leg down and vice versa.
Check that a brake or shifter cable is not pulling handlebar to one side.

niceonetom

Presuming your frame is in alignment and your headset is in good working order, you don't need to be totally symmetrically to be able to go hands free in a straight line. Either there's something wrong with your bike or something amiss with your inner-ear.

dave.obrien

This happened to me on one of my old bikes, I came to the conclusion that because all of the drive stuff (chain, cogs, derailleurs) are on the right, and the bike wasn't exactly top quality, the weight of those bits probably was causing it. No evidence for it, other than on my other bikes, which were better specced, I never had any issues. What's the bike? If you say a pinarello fp1, my theory is pretty much shot...

Esroh

Have a think about this. When you let go are you atually sitting evenly. You maybe collapsing slightly on your left side which would be pushing the bike to the right. This may be a natural instinct especially if you are clipped in and would generally unclip the right foot first in emergency. If you have someone cycle behind you they will spot this.

Canis Lupus

I changed a tyre once and reseated the wheel incorrectly (no idea how) and basically taking my hands off the handlebars resulted in a swing to the right. Reseated and prob solved.

Bunnyhopper

I doubt you're fat on one side, but if the left is rising and the right falling you may be a bit light-hearted.









(sorry...I'll get my coat... )

poochiem

hmmm. and double hmmm. I did just whack in new brake calipers so the cable pressure on handlebars theory might be correct...or maybe I am light-hearted

I must check that I've reseated the wheels correctly, never crossed my mind that they could be anything but in correctly!?

No dave it's a lapierre.

Capt'n Midnight

do you have a lazy eye ?

have you taken into account
- the camber of the road
- crosswinds
- were you freewheeling or exerting pressure on pedals
- is the rear wheel straight , if you don't have vertical dropouts
- optical illusions like those anti-gravity hills you freewheel up on
- those anti-gravity hills you freewheel up on
- mascons
- sunspots