The Ram fork is 1.0 non butted. RBW sold the bike as a "light" tour capable bike, not intended as a front loader. The Saluki which is the same bike as the Hilsen today was the one sold as a medium tourer with front and rear pannier rack mounts, while Atlantis was the heavy tourer. A slot now possibly shared with Hunqapillar.
On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 9:06 PM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 12/28/2016 08:15 PM, Bruce Herbitter wrote: > > the fork is not intended for the weight either in the tubing choice or the > geometry. But you are correct, top rack and low hung weight will be > different. > > On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 6:40 PM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Yes, but a lowrider isn't like Marks rack. >> >> >> On 12/28/2016 07:37 PM, Fullylugged wrote: >> >>> The bike wasn't designed as a front loader, which is why the absence of >>> mounts. I used a Marks rack on mine which attaches with P-Clamps and didn't >>> like te handling with anything over about 5 lbs in it. YMMV. >>> >>> >> > 8/5/8 OS (which is what the Rambouillet has) is, if I recall correctly, > about as stiff as 531 Tourist grade, 10/7/10 std diameter, as was used in > the Jack Taylor Tourist, one of the most capable loaded touring bikes of > its age. 73 degree head angle was not unknown among touring bikes of the > time either, I believe. > > -- > 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/0u3zW7LRZ3o/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > -- 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.
