I estimate 80 pounds (eggs are thirty, plus 25 per pannier). I have no concept of weight though, as I estimated the eggs to weigh 15 pounds before hopping on the scale). This is tied for my biggest load (I've done three 25 pound turkeys plus a few extras that equaled this). No photos of this run, but here are two photos. One showing the shopsack strapped to the top of the rear rack, and one showing the egg carton and panniers, packed less full than today. https://www.flickr.com/photos/deaconpatrick/albums/72157669333519896/with/26901901533/
Just one wee hill on the way home, which I took in my 38x34, I'd estimate half a mile and 45-50 mph downhill. My fun with hills comes on the way to the store, as the whole 5 miles there is uphill. Grin. I did delight (not for the first time) in proving my existence at the "speed check trailer," which is positioned on a climb in town and only registers things going 15 mph or above. 18 mph! "I exist!" Grin. For this rain I just wore my single layer ventile jacket (water resistant, not water proof like my cotton analogy ventile). It did great though and kept me completely dry in this. Here's the link: http://www.hillgear.com/acatalog/copy_of_Windshirt.html Here is the fully waterproof cotton analogy jacket I use bikepacking and all day rainy rides: http://www.hillgear.com/acatalog/Liathach-Cotton-Analogy-Extreme-Smock-.html My basic speal on ventile: It keep you dry from the inside and and outside! meaning you can sweat and it breathes, but keeps out the water. Single layer: keeps out the water until a bit seeps through, but in general I just wear a t-shirst under it and that nearly eliminates the wicking effect. The Cotton Analogy has an additional liner (and thus weights 2x as much and twice the bulk) that acts like the fur coat of an animal, meaning it uses capillary action to actively push moisture (vapor and liquid!) out to the outer layer. Amazing stuff! Keeps my dry despite day and day of rain (critical when bikepacking at near freezing temps in the rain). With abandon, Patrick On Monday, June 6, 2016 at 4:30:46 PM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Photos, please, and a precise weight record of your load. If it wasn't > greater tha 45 lb, then I beat you. And this on a 11 oz Fly, *on* a light > *tout* 531 racing frame (1973 Motobecane Grande Record), *and* I grunted > this load up a 4/10 mile long very steep hill (gauging hills by the > downhill, coasting only, whoo hoo speed, this one is a 40-mile-per-hour > hill) in a 67" gear; so I am very great and wonderful. > > Seriously, photos of Shopsack and Sackville panniers will be appreciated. > > And: what sort of rain cover do you use on your person? I like capes, not > that we need them often in 9" per year citywide average abq. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
