I like my Ram very much (and got a splendid deal from Mr. Whalen, to whom
thanks again) but two handling quirks make me pause and think.
The first and worst is the way it wanders on steep, slow climbs,
particularly with 20 lb or more in back, when I am sitting back and pushing
a low gear. It's
On 10/28/2014 02:06 PM, Patrick Moore wrote:
I like my Ram very much (and got a splendid deal from Mr. Whalen, to
whom thanks again) but two handling quirks make me pause and think.
The first and worst is the way it wanders on steep, slow climbs,
particularly with 20 lb or more in back, when
Just back from turning a 3 m RT PO ride into 16 hilly ones. While the Ram
is more prone to wandering when one is seated and twiddling a low gear up a
steep hill, further investigation shows it is not nearly as bad as other
bikes I've owned -- the Sam Hill was bad for this, and a Fuji Royal as bad
Patrick,
I've thought about this a bit with my Redwood (similar geometry to Ram) as
I like using a rando bag for carrying stuff and accessing things on the go.
Redwood didn't ride well with a setup I tried, and I thought about trying a
higher rake fork. After some thought, I decided to leave
On 10/28/2014 04:23 PM, Patrick Moore wrote:
Just back from turning a 3 m RT PO ride into 16 hilly ones. While the
Ram is more prone to wandering when one is seated and twiddling a low
gear up a steep hill, further investigation shows it is not nearly as
bad as other bikes I've owned -- the
