ViscoSet offers viscous damping to make bikes safer by inhibiting the uncontrolled steering oscillation known as 'speed wobble'. Speed wobble is vibration that starts out weak and gets worse due to harmonics. This frightening shimmy can affect the handling of any bicycle under certain conditions and is the result of many different factors.
By using specially designed damping plates above the bearing in the top assembly, ViscoSet stops the wobble before it can reach a dangerous level. These micro-thin plates are sandwiched between an encapsulated cartridge and connected to both frame and head tube. As they rotate against each other, a fluorocarbon gel between each layer provides viscous damping and stops handlebar oscillation before it can reach dangerous levels.
