Originally Posted by
indyfabz
I’m also a relatively slow descender. Blood thinners and crashing don’t mix well. In 2016 I let myself get up to about 42 mph on a long mountain descent. Fully-loaded bike. Wide road with a good surface, no traffic and great sight lines. I was impressed with myself. I usually won’t go over 35.
On my ride yesterday I had the worst shimmy I've ever had on a ~25mph downhill when I took one hand off of the bars to get a drink. It was totally manageable, but still got my attention.
Both hands on the bars all the time when descending from now on, I suppose. It's generally stable, but the frame is pretty whippy. Planning on installing the lower half of a needle bearing headset for unrelated reasons, but it should help with the shimmy as well.