Ugo51
Retro Guru
Hi guys,
As some of you know I recently bought a Marin MTB.
Not sure what model it is. A sticker on the frame says "afterburner", but I don't know if it's the model or something that a previous owner - a fighter jet enthusiast? - put there.
Anyway, I bought the bike without trying it because I had just had surgery done and couldn't really afford to sit on a saddle
The bike looked very good and the price was very tempting (I know, a recipe for disaster).
Yesterday I tried it for the first time and it's super nervous. In motorcycle terms it feels like if the rake was very steep - not a problem per se, I was just surprised.
It feels "weird" in the steering and in fact once I arrived home after the first trip I noticed the steering doesn't rotate freely but it has two lock positions, one either side of the neutral one.
At first I though it might just be the steering that was ruined but it looks like i's by design.
Lifting the bike off the ground and trying to rotate the steering it feels like it needs to softly cliks out of the straight position and then it clicks again with an angle of about 30 degrees, either side.
Is this a thing?
The fact that does it both sides and with such precision makes it really feel like it's by design but...why?
As some of you know I recently bought a Marin MTB.
Not sure what model it is. A sticker on the frame says "afterburner", but I don't know if it's the model or something that a previous owner - a fighter jet enthusiast? - put there.
Anyway, I bought the bike without trying it because I had just had surgery done and couldn't really afford to sit on a saddle
The bike looked very good and the price was very tempting (I know, a recipe for disaster).
Yesterday I tried it for the first time and it's super nervous. In motorcycle terms it feels like if the rake was very steep - not a problem per se, I was just surprised.
It feels "weird" in the steering and in fact once I arrived home after the first trip I noticed the steering doesn't rotate freely but it has two lock positions, one either side of the neutral one.
At first I though it might just be the steering that was ruined but it looks like i's by design.
Lifting the bike off the ground and trying to rotate the steering it feels like it needs to softly cliks out of the straight position and then it clicks again with an angle of about 30 degrees, either side.
Is this a thing?
The fact that does it both sides and with such precision makes it really feel like it's by design but...why?