You know, John, it's not something I plan to do, but everytime I've done it, it's gone well. I'd describe it as road credit card touring worthy, but I'd not want to do single track with that type of weight.
With abandon, Patrick On Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 3:08:09 PM UTC-7, John Phillips wrote: > > Patrick, how do you like to carry 30lbs of groceries on your Quickbeam? > > John > > On Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 10:35:27 AM UTC-8, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> I just returned from a spirited grocery run on the "wrong" bike >> (Quickbeam), and it handled it just fine, as presumed. To the point of >> having multiple bikes and enjoying each for what it is apart from the >> question of which would you keep if you could only have one, it was a >> delight to hop on the QB and feel how spritely it is, ride into a 30 mph >> headwind at 16˚F (what's that make the windchill?), get to the grocery, >> discover bulk orders of this and that came in, could I take them to free up >> the fridge space? A few straps and my belt later (I only carry two Irish >> straps on the QB), and home I came with 30 lbs of groceries, having only >> anticipated half a pound. Grin. Completely different ride than if I'd taken >> the Hunqapillar or GBW, and I still got done what ended up needing doing. >> Grin. The more I switch between the long and short wheelbases, the easier >> it is and the more I appreciate each for the amazing machine it is. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e6b92ceb-053b-4154-aaa4-424f212eb54a%40googlegroups.com.
