Joe (I think that's right): Thanks. I worry that while a fork with more rake will solve the wandering problem, it will also affect the "turn in" feeling that I like so much about the Rivendells I've ridden. I know that I didn't like the "turn in" feeling of the Kogswell Porteur I rode; as for the Herse, this was not as pronounced, but it was not a "stellar" handling bike in my catalogue.
I'd not be carrying any significant front load except perhaps in low-rider-mounted panniers. I suppose the thing to do is to have Chauncey Matthews test ride the bike and tell me what he thinks more rake would do to the turning behavior. I should talk to him about the Fargo's fork, too. Or perhaps just stop worrying about it and ride ... On Tue, Oct 28, 2014 at 8:38 PM, 'Mojo' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Patrick > > The handling symptoms you describe were what I was experiencing with a > couple of high trail bikes that I use to carry loads, a Surly LHT (that is > geometrically very similar to an Atlantis), and a Legolas. The LHT is my > truck for camping, grocery shopping, and the like. The Legolas is being > used as a road/dirt road Rando-style bike with a large handlebar bag and > 35mm tires. I bought replacement forks for both bikes from Tom Matchak > <http://tommatchakcycles.blogspot.com/search/label/Replacement%20Fork> > adding about an inch to the rake and dropping trail from 58-62 to 42 mm. > The difference was subtle but distinct. Cornering was faster, more > responsive, less locked-in. Slow uphill wondering disappeared. One benefit > on both bikes was a loss of toe-overlap with fenders. > > Tom also made a custom rack for the Legolas. It is similar to to a Nitto > M12 but is wider with a light mount and wire guide to the dynamo hub. Tom > did a most excellent job with great communication and workmanship. > > Was it worth it? I think so. The bikes ride superbly. They were great > bikes before. They behave a bit better now under very specific situations, > but situations that are important to me. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************* * "Where you come from is gone, where you thought you were going to never was there, and where you are is no good unless you can get away from it. Where is there a place for you to be? No place.* * "Nothing outside you can give you any place," he said. "You needn't to look at the sky because it's not going to open up and show no place behind it. You needn't to search for any hole in the ground to look through into somewhere else. You can't go neither forwards nor backwards into your daddy's time nor your children's if you have them. In yourself right now is all the place you've got. If there was any Fall, look there, if there was any Redemption, look there, and if you expect any Judgment, look there, because they all three will have to be in your time and your body and where in your time and your body can they be?* * "Where in your time and your body has Jesus redeemed you?" he cried. "Show me where because I don't see the place. If there was a place where Jesus had redeemed you that would be the place for you to be, but which of you can find it?” -- *Flannery O'Connor,* Wise Blood * -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
