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Steering Dampers

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2022 00:36:38 No.1854880 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>1854883 >>1854885 >>1854893 >>1854901 >>1854940 >>1854961 >>1855107 >>1855110 >>1855210 >>1855216

Are they worth the investment? I've noticed lately on my bike that I have to use a bit more force & strength to stabilize my steering when crossing grand unions, and I'm worried I'll crater because I over-corrected my turn. What are your experiences with them?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2022 00:39:49 No.1854882 Report

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I didn't even know those existed

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2022 00:40:06 No.1854883 Report

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>>1854880
I've never in my life heard of such a thing. Is this like the fingerbox meme because if so....yes I have a steering damper my father gave it to me very valuable dampens the steering but does it with real panache not like the cheap steering dampeners of today.

t. piyo

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2022 00:42:03 No.1854885 Report

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>>1854880
the only real scenario where this is useful is while carrying ridiculously heavy front cargo
otherwise it's a fucking meme

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2022 00:50:51 No.1854891 Report

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>>1854883
I dunno, my friend suggested it after I told him my issues. He said it helps "stabilize" my turn, whatever that means. I was planning to see my local bike shop to get it fixed, but if a cheap $20 add-on fixes my problem I would go for that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2022 00:52:26 No.1854893 Report

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>>1854880
you'd get much more out of servicing your headset and servicing your front hub, if they are cup and cone.
front hub bearings can be in relatively bad shape and actually affect braking/steering even when the wheel appears to spin quite well.

I would also check the tension of your spokes. How true your wheels both are. If you have racks, how rigid the racks are. And consider that your bars/stem setup is not correct for your bike for control.

The thing in your pic is a meme but you could actually address how your bike handles in a real way. Post a pic of it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2022 00:55:58 No.1854894 Report

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>>1854891
now that I think of it I have seen them on like 50 year old bikes.

just get better and more confident in your steering. remember the bike is a gyroscope- the faster you move the more stable it is.

Sounds like it may be a headset issue if you are having issues turning smoothly. It's a cheap fix to fix the headset the dampener thing is unnecessary.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2022 01:21:38 No.1854901 Report

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>>1854880
>Are they worth the investment?
they're like $12.

I got one to stabilize the handling since I noticed it got twitchy with my groceries on the front rack. works well

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2022 05:26:47 No.1854940 Report

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>>1854880
Are you hands in front or behind the steering tube? If in front are you keeping forward pressure while on uneven ground like the pic?
https://www.cyclingabout.com/steering-masterclass-how-stem-length-affects-your-steering-speed/

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2022 07:41:06 No.1854961 Report

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>>1854880
These are mostly to make your bike easier to handle with a load on the front when you are off the bike, and to prevent it from falling over.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2022 08:05:09 No.1854963 Report

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>>1854883
Steering dampers are most definitely a thing. Though you don't need one on a bicycle. On a motorcycle they can be really useful, and potentially save your life.

feeble old man

feeble old man Wed 28 Sep 2022 08:45:04 No.1854969 Report

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I love my steering damper

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2022 22:14:22 No.1855107 Report

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>>1854880
I reckon your Y-fronts are damper

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2022 22:20:54 No.1855110 Report

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>>1854880
bro what

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 28 Sep 2022 22:37:25 No.1855114 Report

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The damper is useful for situations where you are on and off the bike alot, cargo loads, pushing the bike, leaning the bike.

For example, off my bike and pushing it takes too much effort to correcting the steering.

Some way to lock the steering internally would be a cool feature as long as it can't be accidentally set to achieve results of pic related

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2022 06:41:31 No.1855210 Report

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>>1854880
Do bicycles go into tank slappers?
If no than it's quite useless

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2022 07:07:46 No.1855216 Report

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>>1854880

I'd like to buy one, but they all look like plastic shit.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2022 07:40:31 No.1855225 Report

Quoted By: >>1855227

If you need a steering dampener to get shit stable - design of your bicycle is wrong, or you're using it outside of expected conditions.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 29 Sep 2022 07:58:55 No.1855227 Report

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>>1855225
Actually... Now I think about it, steering dampener can be a part of design, but still I've doubts it is needed at bike speeds.

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