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5 posts Started 22 Sep 2009 Last recovered post 25 Sep 2009 Wayback Machine snapshot 12 Apr 2010

#1
Looking for some help..... I have begun to detect a slight vibration/roughness when the bike leans in a turn. It feels like it is coming from front end. Also it feels like the bike initially "falls" into the turn a little more than usual. I am thinking wheel bearings but the bike only has 12000 miles on it.. Anyone ever seen this before?
#2

[image: View Post]driver, on Sep 22 2009, 03:01 PM, said:

Looking for some help..... I have begun to detect a slight vibration/roughness when the bike leans in a turn. It feels like it is coming from front end. Also it feels like the bike initially "falls" into the turn a little more than usual. I am thinking wheel bearings but the bike only has 12000 miles on it.. Anyone ever seen this before?

What's the front tire like?
#3

[image: View Post]Ryanme17, on Sep 22 2009, 03:11 PM, said:

[image: View Post]driver, on Sep 22 2009, 03:01 PM, said:

Looking for some help..... I have begun to detect a slight vibration/roughness when the bike leans in a turn. It feels like it is coming from front end. Also it feels like the bike initially "falls" into the turn a little more than usual. I am thinking wheel bearings but the bike only has 12000 miles on it.. Anyone ever seen this before?

What's the front tire like?

Cupping?
#4
sounds like tyre wear to me
#5
+1 for the front tire.
I was told by a respectable source that cupping happens if you really know how to use the brakes or brake hard a lot.
But I have to say, my Michelin PR2's do seem to resist the best of all that I have used.
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