I agree and I forgot to mention that my Homer also lets it's front wheel flop over when parked but is very stable with the Berthoud bag at any speed - except zero. I run 700cm wheels and 28mm Conti 4 Season tires. A funny side note: on PBP on the return, I stopped to pee. I had the bike behind me (supported by my butt) when the front wheel flopped and the chin ring hit my calf and left a beautiful scar. It looked like a bear had clawed me (about one to two inches of blood from each of the four puncture wounds). I had riders in three languages ask me what the hell happened. It's healed quickly and was never a problem on the ride but I'm thinking of getting a similar tattoo. Way cool! By the way, love the Berthoud 22 front bag. It's one of their smaller ones but it's allowed me to carry everything I could possibly need on a 1200 K brevet. I love the various pockets on the front, side, and rear. They let me organize, bars, gels, pills, salves, etc. and leave the main conpartment for extra cloths, rain jacket, mini pump, etc. I also chose the Berthoud 22 because it sits slightly below the handlebars. My generator light is on the handle bars and it illuminates the cue sheet as well as the road. Placing the light on the handle bars also protects it from heavy rain spray. Of course it still gets wet but I've seen too many failures on local brevets here in Kentucky as well as on the Texas 1200k because the lights are lower and were bombarded by road and wheel spray. Bill Louisville, Ky
On Nov 19, 2011, at 7:00 PM, William wrote: > When I park the bike the front wheel wants to flop over BIG TIME, but riding > at any speed I can't imagine a bike being much more stable. Climbing a steep > hill at 8km/hr it goes in a straight line perfectly well. Descending at up > to 80km/hr I've been confident and shimmy free. Riding no handed is no > problem. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
