Pulling to the left on the rollers

Clyde said:

Since I started riding rollers this fall, I notice that I always seem to pull a little to the left,
and I'm always correcting to the right. Never the opposite way around. I have checked that the rear
wheel is centered. I reversed the rear tire, and no change. I have not crashed the bike, but I have
fallen over at stops a few times due to forgetting to unclip. The fork looks ok.

But I have major indexing in the headset. Could that be the cause of the uneven riding?

Definitely the headset thing. With less tracking on the totally smooth roller, the detent in the
headset is enough to pull you off track.

Clyde said:

Since I started riding rollers this fall, I notice that I always seem to pull a little to the
left, and I'm always correcting to the right. Never the opposite way around. I have checked that
the rear wheel is centered. I reversed the rear tire, and no change. I have not crashed the bike,
but I have fallen over at stops a few times due to forgetting to unclip. The fork looks ok.

But I have major indexing in the headset. Could that be the cause of the uneven riding?

Yes of course.

Knock out the headset cups and re-press them. It is astronomically unlikely that you could get the
dents to line up again.

That should give you a little more life from it.

And then next season ( or whenever it begins to be annoying) just buy a headset. They are cheap and
not worth anguishing over. Proper lubrication and adjustment can help. Frequent rebuilds with fresh
lube are useful as well. Nothing is a "cure' for death by mileage but a dearth of lube or a tight
adjustment bring a quicker demise. Here's more on that:

draco.acs.uci.edu8f.13.htmlOpen ↗

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Andrew Muzi www.yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971

Is the floor level? Try turing it 180 degrees and see if you pull to the other side.

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Quoted message said:

Since I started riding rollers this fall, I notice that I always seem to pull a little to the
left, and I'm always correcting to the right. Never the opposite way around. I have checked that
the rear wheel is centered. I reversed the rear tire, and no change. I have not crashed the bike,
but I have fallen over at stops a few times due to forgetting to unclip. The fork looks ok.

But I have major indexing in the headset. Could that be the cause of the uneven riding?

Clyde