Here's some of my personal best loads - a 40lb bag of wood stove pellets tied down to my Nitto Campee using a wire shelf to distribute the load. A Honda cb750 engine block in a pannier, 24 beers, and a cord of wood. The bike handled quite well all things considered!
<https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R1xDqMki4es/Vh0doWSQmyI/AAAAAAAAMog/RpUR07A6-XU/s1600/B0CBJ5UIcAE0D6O.jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XpDXIxtjQ7U/Vh0dy8ELe4I/AAAAAAAAMoo/hMh-QGqCSPY/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-10-13%2Bat%2B10.05.35%2BAM.png> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-TpklyOTk5OM/Vh0d1XD_6uI/AAAAAAAAMow/5dRUJD1KvTc/s1600/B-5GRcUU8AA_uJB.jpg> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Rl4E2KfHrf8/Vh0eUFgTo5I/AAAAAAAAMo4/0ayudTOTjOA/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2015-10-13%2Bat%2B10.07.43%2BAM.png> On Monday, October 12, 2015 at 7:29:44 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I've been carrying heavyish rear grocery loads on Rivendells since 1997 or > so. The secret is to use a very stiff rack, and I had very good luck with > the Tubus Fly -- 11 oz, rated to 44 lb, which I've maxed out. The Cargo > model is rated to 80 lb, IIRC. > > On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 3:03 PM, Fred Craven <fr...@harmonic-data.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Front or rear? >> >> Now that I'm able to ride a reasonably short distance without cardiac >> arrest, I desire to go to our local grocery store and pick up a few items >> for dinner (and you can be sure that I will get wine cheese and baguettes >> at least once). >> >> To facilitate this chore I will need "on bike" storage: most likely a >> basket. But where to put it, front or rear? My Rivendell Road Bike is of >> the generation where extra braze-ons were not standard fare. But that's not >> a problem. I think a front basket looks awesome, but rear storage might be >> more stable. As I'm utterly ignorant on the ramifications of this choice so >> I welcome your opinions. >> >> The geometry is Riv-road, with a delightfully short top tube (thanks to >> Joel). I'm not sure if that affects things, but that's the situation. >> >> -- >> 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-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. >> > > > > -- > 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 > > ************************************* > *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a > circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and > individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu > > *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* Carthusian motto > > -- 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.
