I would say the Ram is in between the Homer and Roadeo. It doesn’t have braze-ons for racks which is one of my negatives for touring, although you can use the fender mount for racks. I weigh 150 and my Homer felt good and even springy (Is that what planing is?) when I had about 25-30 lbs on the rear rack. I think the Homer would work fine for me for loaded touring.
Toshi On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 5:40 PM dougP <dougpn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Where does the Ram fit in compared to the Homer? A friend did a tour down > the coast with a Homer a few years ago & enjoyed the trip, no bike > problems. RBWHQ did tell him that Homer was intended to be a touring bike > but they are also pretty conservative about such things. > > A definite consideration when loading a bike is rider weight and baggage. > I've toured on my Atlantis & found that with 35-40 lbs of junk (easy to do > when camping) the bike rides much more cushy than unloaded. I'm middling > in weight at 160. The Atlantis could probably handle a 200 lb rider with > full luggage. My friend who toured on his Homer is quite thin & light. > > So if the Ram is not far off the Homer, you're probably OK if you're not > lugging enough gear to go around the world. Based on my own experience > with my Atlantis, weight placement affects handling to a surprising degree, > even on a purpose built touring bike. After considerable fiddling, I've > found that 60% front / 40% rear works best for me. Too much on the rear > causes it to wobble. When we've had threads about panniers & weight > placement, results vary all over the place, so your safest bet is to play > around with it quite a bit before starting your tour. Especially with all > the gear for camping, 4 bags seems best. I've done lodging tours with 2 > bags & prefer them on the front for ride & handling, but 20 lbs on the rear > works OK as well. > > Sorry I had no Ram specific info to offer, but it looks like you got some > responses that cover it. > > dougP > > On Sunday, September 6, 2020 at 2:49:00 PM UTC-7, Mike Godwin wrote: >> >> Howdy, looking through the archives about using a Rambouillet as a >> touring machine. I toured along the spine of the Cascades and Sierra on a >> Specialized Sequoia, and along Highway 1 SF to LA. The Rambouillet seems a >> bit more stout than the Sequoia. Most of the old touring related posts >> here are from 2012 - 2014. Any new news about tours folks have done on >> their Rambouillets? What pannier arrangements did you use? Self-supported, >> road surface? >> >> Mike SLO CA >> > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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/609d7ff2-0bdb-40b8-98d7-5e949aa88715o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/609d7ff2-0bdb-40b8-98d7-5e949aa88715o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- 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/CAGB59xxCD%2BSx8guZKtrDDrqe9FOpi%3DdK9wUCCJc%3Dn5LvUU0N8A%40mail.gmail.com.
