I commute on a Quickbeam quite a bit and want to share one concern of mine. This Quickbeam of mine is my 2nd as I murdered the first's bottom bracket shell with a crack from front to back. On my "new" Quickbeam I have some lowriders up front I carry any load I might on, keeping the rear clear of anything but my butt. My reasoning is that rear loading killed the old frame because those times when I was cranking up a hill standing on the pedals with weight on my bars caused undue stress from those rear loads riding along side to side without me in the seat to keep it all copacetic. I might be wrong, but so far so good (except for that one point when it wasn't). -Kai of the two beautiful green 'beams BK NY
On Tuesday, January 9, 2018 at 3:34:02 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I expect that the Roadini would do better with rear loads than front ones, > given Rivendells' typical geometry for their roady models. If it is much > like the Ram, then doubleplusgood for that opinion. > > I commuted for years on 2 Road Customs (serially, not simultaneously), and > still do grocery errands on the later Road Custom, with rear loads in large > saddlebags (Nelson LF, Adam, Med Sackville) but have always gone back to > rear panniers on a stiff rack (Tubus Fly, various customs). I also owned a > Sam Hill and a Ram and both did fine with rear loads of up to 40 lb, but > oddly, IME, the Ram better than the Sam which, heavily rear laden, became > unpleasantly light in front steering. (I once just to try it put 50 lb in > low riders attached to custom braze ons on the front of the Sam: I couldn't > steer!) > > IME, a bike as stout as the Ram can handle rear loads up to 25 lbs without > a waggle, on a good rack (I am about 175). I've also been carrying smaller > loads up to 20 lbs on front low riders on the later custom; the bike > handles them fine, but this one, and the earlier one, were noticeably > better with rear loads. I've carried 40 lbs in the rear on the 2 bikes with > little problem, though my usual commuting loads were well under 20 lb. > > On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 2:40 PM, Patrick S. <plu...@gmail.com <javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Hey there, not an RBW owner (yet) but had a question concerning the >> Roadini and thought you fine folks might be interested in giving your >> "unbiased" opinion. >> >> I've been commuting (approx 2400km / season) with a Surly LHT 26" for the >> past while and am really interested in the Roadini for its geometry (higher >> cockpit and shorter wheelbase) and looks (of course). I carry about >> 10/15lbs up front and ride in all types of weather. Just wondering if >> anyone here has built one up and what's their experience so far? >> >> Cheers! >> >> -- >> 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 https://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, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
