garmie
Junior Member
So I got a fresh set of Pilot Road 4's mounted a couple of days ago. I'm happy with the increased road comfort so far. But I really haven't scratched the surface (no pun intended) of the tires yet and my experience level is so low that I won't max out the traction capabilities anyway. I paid $344 after mounting and tax for anyone curious.
After reinstalling my wheels, I went for a test ride. I noticed that my bike pretty obviously pulled to the left when not holding the handle bars. I tried many, many times in various seating positions to confirm that it was a bike configuration and not my lack of skill. I concluded the bike was at fault.
I went home and confirmed that the chain adjustment screws were matched on both sides of the rear wheel. Knowing the bike pulled to the left, I assumed that the right side was too far back, so I adjusted the left side back as well, staying within my slack specs on the chain.
Pull was reduced quite a bit, but not completely. I made another tiny adjustment but really couldn't get the configuration any closer. I realized that without precise machines, I've maxed out the tolerances that a human get obtain.
The bike handles perfectly fine and my chain probably needed a little less slack anyway. Anyone else have this sort of experience? Anything else I should check on my bike?
After reinstalling my wheels, I went for a test ride. I noticed that my bike pretty obviously pulled to the left when not holding the handle bars. I tried many, many times in various seating positions to confirm that it was a bike configuration and not my lack of skill. I concluded the bike was at fault.
I went home and confirmed that the chain adjustment screws were matched on both sides of the rear wheel. Knowing the bike pulled to the left, I assumed that the right side was too far back, so I adjusted the left side back as well, staying within my slack specs on the chain.
Pull was reduced quite a bit, but not completely. I made another tiny adjustment but really couldn't get the configuration any closer. I realized that without precise machines, I've maxed out the tolerances that a human get obtain.
The bike handles perfectly fine and my chain probably needed a little less slack anyway. Anyone else have this sort of experience? Anything else I should check on my bike?
