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Won't be able to ride midweek for a week.
I am curious why my Ridley Helium rides in a straight line when all the other bikes wander s bit following the road surface?
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cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:

Won't be able to ride midweek for a week.

I am curious why my Ridley Helium rides in a straight line when all the
other bikes wander s bit following the road surface?

Possibly if the Ridley has more relaxed geometry than the others, I had a
Fuji Track bike that was unsurprisingly very responsive/twitchy.

Though I think you buy similar types of bikes so possibly this is a Tom
thing.

Roger Merriman

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On Fri Apr 3 10:16:55 2026 Roger Merriman wrote:

cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:

Won't be able to ride midweek for a week.

I am curious why my Ridley Helium rides in a straight line when all the other bikes wander s bit following the road surface?

Possibly if the Ridley has more relaxed geometry than the others, I had a Fuji Track bike that was unsurprisingly very responsive/twitchy.

Though I think you buy similar types of bikes so possibly this is a Tom thing.

TGhe Colnago is extremely twitchy. The DeRosa fast handling but it and the Basso wanders with road surface. The Marin does as well but recovers more slowly. The Ridley goes in a straight line, though it's a little hard to tell because there's so much to dodge.
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cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:

On Fri Apr 3 10:16:55 2026 Roger Merriman wrote:

cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:

Won't be able to ride midweek for a week.

I am curious why my Ridley Helium rides in a straight line when all the
other bikes wander s bit following the road surface?

Possibly if the Ridley has more relaxed geometry than the others, I had a
Fuji Track bike that was unsurprisingly very responsive/twitchy.

Though I think you buy similar types of bikes so possibly this is a Tom
thing.

TGhe Colnago is extremely twitchy. The DeRosa fast handling but it and
the Basso wanders with road surface. The Marin does as well but recovers
more slowly. The Ridley goes in a straight line, though it's a little
hard to tell because there's so much to dodge.

Can if you know the year (roughly) of each bike it will compare the
geometry of each bike, i suspect they are all fairly close though so should feel similar. Doing a very rough comparison with my roadie the Ridley, is
quite a bit more road race which is really what IrCOd expect so would have
more responsive/twitchy handling, depending on your point of view.

IrCOd be surprised considering the mild climate you have, and that itrCOs relatively dry, that the roads would be in a poor state using google maps
which has data within the year shows a good surface.

Roger Merriman


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