I love my Pelican, Ebisu, and Nobilette low-trail bikes. It works. I love my Rivs - mid-trail. Totally works, too!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25671211@N02/8258743340/ Frame design is more than trail. Grant's is a complete package - and has always, in my experience, held the qualities of stability, predictability, solidity, and high-class. On Sunday, December 9, 2012 12:23:47 PM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I would be very interested in learning more about how position, rider > size and weight, tire width and pressure, and for that matter pedaling > style affect handling for a given geometry. My wandering problem on > the Sam was with heavy rear load and nothing in front; and my favored > position is rearward biased. > > Interesting ... > > One of the best rear load bikes I had was that Motobecane with very > light 531 tubing and long stays -- better than other bikes with > equally long stays and stouter tubing. It's all very odd. This even > pushing the limit for the Tubus Fly rack. > > On Sun, Dec 9, 2012 at 12:21 PM, dougP <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote:IMHO, > discussions regarding trail, shimmy, loading, handling, etc., often > ignore the rider input factor. Our position on the bike, pedaling > style, tires & pressure, etc., must have a significant influence. > Generally even a lightweight rider outweighs the bike, even loaded for > a camping tour. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/qPLunaZwJhAJ. 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.
