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Originally Posted by Meeni View Post
Follow the procedure in the Clymer manual for remounting the front wheel:

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If you tighten the clamp bolts without pumping the front, the wheel is not set and the bike has horrible handling.
Man do you have this right. That was it, and I thought I had done it correctly, but apparently not. I redid this pinch-bolt-brake-pump-retorque thing and the difference in the handling was night and day.

Thanks Meeni, if our paths should cross I'm buying you a beer.

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