Disappointment. I've owned 3 Riv customs, designed for fast road riding, and all, particularly the second two, have been magnificent in fit, feel and handling, even with rear loads. So I was hugely disappointed to take my SH out for a quick 20 mile shakedown ride with 35 lb or so in the rear (An Ostrich in the front, but lightly loaded). Too much front end vagueness: fast downhill sweeper was uneasy-making, and, coming back up sitting at 5-6 mph, the front end wandered all over the place.
I have the bars about even with the plane between rump and nose of saddle; don't want them higher. Riv build, so Jack Browns; stiff Tubus Logo rack. The panniers were not optimal, having been borrowed from my (better handling under rear load, actually) '73 Motobecane flexy 531 racing bike and sitting a bit further back than they need to be. But what can I do to reduce the front end flop? New fork? New bike? -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
