HELP! Squirrely - Fixed - Bouncy

[davidsuserid]

Ok, here is my story, bear with me cause I tend to go into more detail than needed.

The last couple of weeks the bike had been feeling a little squirrely. When I would come out of a left hand turn, the bike would correct itself beyond what I was doing and it would almost feel like it was going to push me back over to the right. Also, at start-up the front end seemed to twitch a little too much, at least, more than it used to. I talked to some people I know and they mentioned the front tire and/or the bearings. I really needed a new front tire anyway, so i bought the tire, tube, and bearings and had a local shop mount and balance the tire and tube, i put in the bearings myself.

Now the squirrely-ness is gone, but the front end bounces like a low-rider. I remember on the old tire i could look down on either side and i could see the tire wobbling. But now, when i look down on the left side, it looks straight as an arrow, but when i look at the right side, it wobbles worse than before.

When the shop balanced the wheel & tire they put sticky weights on the wheel, on the right side.

My first inclination is that they messed up the balancing and if i just take off the weights it will all be ok, but i don't want to take them off and it be worse, then have to go back and ask them to redo it.

My next guess is the wheel, maybe it is not true anymore. Maybe the old tire had just adapted itself to the out-of-roundness of the wheel, and the new tire is making it more prevalent.

My final guess is the forks, maybe the oil needs to be changed ( i don't know much about the forks, is that all that needs to be done to "refurb" the forks?)

I will mention that just rolling the bike, you don't see any out-of-roundness on either side. When i get between 25 and 40 the bouncing is almost scary ridiculous, but once i get past 40 or 45, the bouncing becomes manageable, although still recognizable.

Any other guesses from you guys? Anything you could mention to try i will try, as long as it doesn't cost an arm and a leg. I think i am going to convince myself to buy a new wheel, but i would like to maybe try some other stuff first to see if i don't have to do that. Thanks in advance.