That's interesting. I have had the Nitto small front rack in the front for years, mainly to hold my light. I was wondering how a bag on top of the rack would contribute to wheel flop. On ascents, I definitely need to make small corrections (due to the high trail, I imagine).
If I had a bag sitting on the front rack, not hanging on the bars, I gather that the bag would have less effect on steering than a heavy bag on the bars. On Monday, April 20, 2015 at 2:26:27 PM UTC-7, Mark Reimer wrote: > > Chris, I forgot to address your question. I'm 100% for front-loading. > Having a load in the rear is fine, but not on it's own in my experience. I > find the bike very difficult to handle. Even when walking, if my saddle bag > is heavily loaded the bike wants to fall over. Because it's so far from my > handlebars, the bike acts almost like a lever, amplifying the bike's desire > to pull away. > > When the weight is on the bars, it's right there, directly connected to > the part of the bike I'm holding on to. I've ridden with 50 pounds in my > Wald basket in the winter, felt fine. I've done some short tours with > panniers stuffed to the gills and my basket or bar bag full, still felt > easy to control. It steers a bit slower, but that's it. > > Having weight in the rear isn't much of an issue at all when I've got > weight in the front too (like in the pictures here). it only feels awful to > me when it's only in the rear. I should note that I've never tried riding > with rear panniers only, it's always just been a rear saddle bag. > > All that weight does highlight the flex inherit in quill stems and 1" > forks, but it doesn't bother me. > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 7:37 AM, Pondero <cj.sp...@gmail.com <javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Mark, your Atlantis remains an inspiration. Obviously, you are pleased >> with the current set-up, but I'm interested in your experiences with >> loading. So far, I've been using a rear bias for my Atlantis loading, but >> you seem to be doing well with three bags on the front end. Have you >> experimented and determined this to be optimal for you? >> >> Chris Johnson >> Sanger, Texas >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/7tIVmJWwctg/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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.
