Oh! no we only have one XO-1, the other in the picture belonged to a guy from
Bicycling magazine, he was doing a story on a local race organizer and we
happened to meet him at one of the events.
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Bike looks great! But if I may make just one suggestion, put some kind of
extra strap around your third water bottle... I lost a nice bottle and a
decent cage once not knowing to do so.
I used a short irish strap like this
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-Andy
On
How did you loose the cage?? The bottle is kept so tight in the cage I've
got to really yank it to get it out, so I don't think strips are needed for
that reason. Did your cage screws back out and the whole thing fell off?
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Andy.M andy.e.m...@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks, that's useful because I am thinking (just thinking) of getting
custom lowriders for the green Curt Riv, which now serves as my grocery
bike and which doesn't handle heavy and exclusively rear loads with the
aplomb of the recently sold Ram.
I hope to have various brazing done on the Curt,
You have TWO XO-1's!??!?
On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 10:23 AM, nathaniel nichols natnich...@gmail.com
wrote:
my Front loaded 56cm Fatlantis. It handles pretty well all packed up
front, I was letting my partner use the rear rack for her xo1 since we only
have one. But yeah going up hills i guess
Dave, With my Hunqapillar I only notice the tendency you describe with a
combination of factors:
-- extremely steep climbing (as in on the edge of having to LCG it).
-- Heavyish camping load on the rear (50+ pounds, which I rarely carry
camping anymore), nothing on the front.
-- Wide, swept
I have a 64 Hillborne I tried loading above the front wheel and didn't like the
flop that I fought. I carry 1 or 2 Ortlieb roll tops that hold most everything
I could need on an outing. However, last summer I moved my kid from a stem
mounted Yepp seat to a rear mounted seat, that necessitated
I can definitely ride no-handed with this setup. Both panniers full, and a
full handlebar bag or basket. I get some front-end shimmy without the
panniers, which is actually a pretty new problem for me. I found that my
headset was a bit loose yesterday though, so that might have been the
cause.
I'd like to hear more about this too -- that is, to be clear, about the
tendency of bikes to wander badly when climbing. I found the Sam Hillborne
in particular to be very liable to this with a rear load, even compared to
the 4 other Rivs I've owned. I'm very surprised at the number of Rivendell
Hi Mike,
Yes thanks! Atlantis much more stable.
And yes meeting Curtis for the O'Neill S240. Wish you could make it, as
we'll be going over possible routes from PDX our Summer hub while eating
burritos sipping cervezas.
Possibilities:
South down Oregon coast to Klamath Amtrak back to PDX.
I find that my Atlantii handle beautifully with a front and rear
touring load with more weight on the back. In fact, they handle
beautifully under almost any load. But I have noticed the front wheel
wander with my Krampus, when I'm climbing hills that are close to my
limit, when the bike is
That's interesting. I have had the Nitto small front rack in the front for
years, mainly to hold my light. I was wondering how a bag on top of the
rack would contribute to wheel flop. On ascents, I definitely need to make
small corrections (due to the high trail, I imagine).
If I had a bag
What do you mean by corrections? Do you mean having weight on the rack
makes it difficult to maintain the line you've chosen? As in, the weight
actively changes the course your bike is on and requires further input to
keep it 'on course'?
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Dave C
Chris, I forgot to address your question. I'm 100% for front-loading.
Having a load in the rear is fine, but not on it's own in my experience. I
find the bike very difficult to handle. Even when walking, if my saddle bag
is heavily loaded the bike wants to fall over. Because it's so far from my
Well, to be clear I don't have any weight on the rack right now. What I am
referring to is the tendency of some bikes on ascents to have the wheel
wander rather than maintain a straight line. One then makes minute steering
corrections to counter this. While I have zero experiences with bikes
Thanks, Mark, I have a fairly casual (non-aggressive) riding style and my rear
load on my 56 seems almost invisible. A front load on my 650b Hilsen adds a
noticeable wheel flop, probably due to the rather slack head angle. I'm
thinking it would work better on the steeper Atlantis and will try
Thanks, Mark, I have a fairly casual (non-aggressive) riding style and my rear
load on my 56 seems almost invisible. A front load on my 650b Hilsen adds a
noticeable wheel flop, probably due to the rather slack head angle. I'm
thinking it would work better on the steeper Atlantis and will try
Ha. My street includes a 20 foot elevation change just over one block, and
there is a 20+ foot steep hill right across from me in the forest. It's
amazing how our geography changes our biking experiences.
On Monday, April 20, 2015 at 8:21:00 PM UTC-7, Mark Reimer wrote:
Ahh, well...hah... I
Ahh, well...hah... I live in a province where there is maybe... a 20 foot
elevation change over 100km. So... I have absolutely no clue. I'll find out
in a couple weeks when I could to ride across Oregon :)
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 10:18 PM, Dave C david.charles.carr...@gmail.com
wrote:
Well, to
Thanks Sean! Funny you say that, I always look at his Atlantis with
admiration, and supposedly he does the same. He has great taste, if I may
say so...
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 9:51 AM, sean seanobr...@hotmail.com wrote:
Mark,
you and Pondero have got to have the best looking Atlantai I've ever
NICE SETUP!!! Begs to be ridden!!!
On Monday, April 20, 2015 at 10:52:40 AM UTC-4, Mark Reimer wrote:
Thanks Sean! Funny you say that, I always look at his Atlantis with
admiration, and supposedly he does the same. He has great taste, if I may
say so...
On Mon, Apr 20, 2015 at 9:51 AM,
I believe that's a 58. What's the standover with those tires, Mark?
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On Apr 20, 2015, at 13:37, Dave C david.charles.carr...@gmail.com wrote:
What size is that Atlantis? Did you get it a smaller size with the intention
using it with fat tires? Do you have any issues with
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