Many many years ago, my wife rode her Rambouillet down the CA coast with a front rack. It probably was a Bruce Gordon front rack with P-clamps. We weren't camping, so we packed pretty lightly, but it held your usual load of clothing, some food, etc. I don't recall it being a problem at that time.
Tubing stoutness is all relative-- Despite Grant's warning that this isn't a full-on tourer (compared to the Atlantis or Hunq), the Ramb still has a plenty stout frame (compared to the thin walls that are fashionable these days). Unless you're going on a self-contained cross-country type trip, or technical dirt trails, you shouldn't have any trouble taking it on a weekend trip with 4 pannier's worth (or 2 frontloaders plus a saddlebag). Good luck! Greg Oakland, CA On Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at 1:24:49 PM UTC-8, Kieran J wrote: > > Hi All, > > Hope everyone is having a nice holiday season! > > I'm curious about how the Rambouillet handles with different configs of a > front load. I've only ever really used a small Swift Bandito up on the > handlebar, but never anything more substantial. > > Have any Ram owners ever: > > - somehow run low-rider panniers on the stock fork? > - run low-rider panniers and an additional front bag on the stock fork? > - had success with an aftermarket fork with a different trail figure? > > Long story, I'm thinking of having a couple mods done to my Ram and new > powder done (the Creamsicle is cool, but doesn't match anything - > especially not all the red clothing I have). I would consider adding > mid-fork eyelets if running front low-riders appears to work well for the > bike. > > Thanks! > > Kieran > > -- 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.
