My experience doesn't reflect this. I recently picked up a low trail Rawland Nordavinvden, and it handles very well with no load and high, wide bars (above saddle by maybe 1.5") I actually haven't even ridden it with any front load yet.
Though I also like my higher trail, stiffer tubed Crosscheck as well. Eric Daume Dublin, OH On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 1:53 AM, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA <benzouy...@gmail.com>wrote: > > I don't know if that is entirely true. Certainly, lower trail bikes favor > having a load at the front to feel "normal", at least for me. Without a > load, low trail bikes are squirrely. That means lower trail bikes favor a > more front-biased weight distribution to feel "normal", including perhaps > by having a lower handlebar. That also means that lower trail bikes will > probably feel squirrely with Bosco or other upright bars (speculation; > haven't tested). > > Of course, one can get used to either low or high trail bikes and once > that happens, whichever one that's familiar will feel "normal". > > -- > -- 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 post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
