John: FWIW, I have very often carried 30 lb and more -- record, weighed, was 45 lb -- in rear panniers on light steel frames with stiff racks; racks including either the wonderfully stiff but only 11 oz Tubus Fly, or my various Chauncey Matthews customs. Not for long distances; =/< 10 miles; but securely and without intolerable frame flex drama. In fact, the best rear load carrier I've owned was a quite-light, *tout-531,* early '70s road bike with standard gauge tubing; it was on this one that I grunted 45 lb up a steep hill at cadences as low as 4 mph/20 rpm;(recall the "4" flickering on my computer); other bikes, including the Roads and the Ram, with stiffer tubing, haven't handled rear loads over 30 lb as well.
On Sun, Jan 12, 2020 at 3:33 PM John Phillips <w00lyb3...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Patrick, > I'm sorry, I meant *how* do you like to carry your 30 lbs of > groceries when you're riding your Quickbeam? Do you distribute the weight? > Load it on a rack, in panniers, in a backpack, or? Just curious about how > you end up handling that much weight on your Quickbeam? > > John > > On Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 2:22:13 PM UTC-8, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> 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/96021b35-a9f5-476e-ab69-a4379e5fdd88%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/96021b35-a9f5-476e-ab69-a4379e5fdd88%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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/CALuTfgtRspUkiV7VO28yKDVnC97Mw7f9qxUsqtoN0A2tZEdZfA%40mail.gmail.com.
