My question as well. I have a Kog G1 and now an amazingly beautiful Saluki - but I have gotten so used to the low trail of the Kog, that front loading on the Saluki seems to really degrade the handling. What is the general feeling about re-raking / swapping the fork on these bikes; of course it'll gain the low trail feeling, but does it degrade the handling in other ways, as these designs clearly were meant for rear loading. Even though the riv site and grant are proponents of baskets, and sure it's ridable, but the low trail front load is such a reveletory change, I figured on such a great bike if I was going to front load, that I'd want to change it to low trail. Is it doable / worth it?
On Dec 17, 9:30 am, Jim Thill - Hiawatha Cyclery <thill....@gmail.com> wrote: > Did you re-rake the fork for front loading? ;) > > On Dec 17, 2:16 am, Brian Hanson <stone...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I finally finished the porteur bar wrapping/twining/shellac on phase 2 of my > > AHH. I moved the shifters to the down tubes, and haven't looked back. Also > > have some inspired mounts of the basic Planet Bike Blazer LEDs for night > > commuting duty. Opinions: > > > Bars - love the positions. My hands naturally fall at the bends and they > > work perfectly for my 10 mile normal ride. When I need to go more upright, > > I just move back. Narrow, so they are much like drop width. I can really > > get low by holding the fronts and resting my forearms on the swept back > > parts - seems to be a good tuck. The reach to the down-tube shifts hasn't > > been a problem, and I immediately got used to shifting w/o looking. Haven't > > done a long ride yet, but will update when I do. > > > 2 watt Planet Bike Blazer - Bright enough, but not a whole lot different > > from the 1 watt or even the half watt when riding on city streets or > > semi-lit trails with ambient light. When I went up a totally dark trail, it > > really lit up the path, so it's plenty bright for my commute. Great blink > > mode, but I'm still underwhelmed overall. I think I'm one of those guys who > > wants the super lumens - I'm used to the bi-xenon car lights... > > > I didn't think I'd ride this bike in the crappy wet Seattle winter months > > for commuting, but it's so comfy, I just have a hard time getting out the > > winter bike. The Jack Brown blues are still going strong - no flats. I did > > extract a nice piece of glass the other day when I was inspecting the tires. > > It never made it through, but it was a bit disconcerting. Oh well - got my > > frame pump finally, so I'm ready... > > > Brian > > >http://picasaweb.google.com/stonehog/PorteurSetup122009# -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
