IMHO they are almost :-) mutually exclusive given the number of factors that come into play when riding an unladen bike, no handed. When you add weight, in unequal amounts, at different points, all over the bike, stabilty with no hands would not be an expectation I would have of any bike. I would guess it is more an issue of practice riding no hands and shifting your own body weight to accomodate the ever changing situation. Seems like you would be working harder than just keeping your hands on the bars or stopping to stretch if need be.
On Friday, May 29, 2015 at 1:32:44 PM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > Because I like riding with no hands. Shouldn't I be able to when loaded? > Are they mutually exclusive? Serious question. > > My bike rides absolutely brilliantly when not loaded, but the four or so > times a year I ride loaded, it's pretty miserable. As I don't do it a lot, > I don't want to get a whole new bike. I have the big Nitto rack in back, > just seems like it should work as is. If I'm doing something wrong, I'd > like to fix it! > > > > On Friday, May 29, 2015 at 8:34:05 AM UTC-7, Brian Campbell wrote: >> >> Why are people trying to ride loaded bikes with no hands? >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
