Clayton. If they stop making suspension posts you could try a sprung saddle.
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I say with a smile and in jest . . . .
For real load haulin" get a trailer . . .. . but seeing how you love to
fret , get as many bags as you can with as many pockets as possible and
weigh each compartment individually as you fill them . Do a manner of
checks and balances and tallies ,
Timely thread. I recently took the Mark's rack, large Acorn handle bar bag
and headlight off of my AHH. I shifted the load to as saddle mounted bag
(Sackville medium), mounted the headlight on the front fender and the
change has been fantastic. I feel that the bike is performing more in line
wi
"I found carrying stuff on the top of the rear rack irritating. It made
getting into the panniers a pain"
Same here. One solution is a rear rack with lower rails for the panniers,
freeing up the platform area for independent loading & unloading, making
the whole thing less of Rubik's cube. T
Late to this thread, but I'll chime in anyway. I am a grocery-getter-biker and
since I've made the switch to mostly EBDJ, my food loads are lumpy and heavy:
coconut, cheese, Greek yogurt, all manner of meats, nuts, peppers, eggs,
zucchini, squashes, milk, cream, coconut oilan occasional bott
Odd, the best rear load carrying bike I've owed was that 1973 Motobecane:
very light, standard gauge tubing, but long stays and a very rigid Fly rack.
On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 2:24 PM, EGNolan wrote:
> I've found that when I changed h'bars to albas or boscoes I could carry
> much more on the front
On 09/02/2015 05:43 PM, Bill Lindsay wrote:
Exactly. A 12-pack is when you've already given up on lightweight and
are running a Wald basket with zipties (NTTAWWT). A fine sipping
whisky is much more efficient on a custom cycle with custom bespoke
racks.
and a Mason jar of White Lightnin
Exactly. A 12-pack is when you've already given up on lightweight and are
running a Wald basket with zipties (NTTAWWT). A fine sipping whisky is
much more efficient on a custom cycle with custom bespoke racks.
On Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 2:34:06 PM UTC-7, Steve Palincsar wrote:
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I'm just waiting for the day when Patrick Moore decides to fret over the
real problem: the weight of groceries.
Imagine how sprightly your rig would be if you could pack 40 pounds of
caloric content into 25 pounds of groceries. There are certainly beverages
that will deliver the punch of a 1
I've found that when I changed h'bars to albas or boscoes I could carry
much more on the front end without affecting handling when compared to
drops. Loading the rear only with all my weight back there makes the bike
pretty squirrely. I've found this to be true with my Raleigh International
& H
Doug: thanks for this analysis; I suppose that my Riv must have more trail
than your Matchak Atlantis, so that it will be even more sensitive to front
loads. And I suppose too that it simply takes a bit of getting used to
front loads if one hasn't much experience with them.
Clayton: What bike are
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> I found carrying stuff on the top of the rear rack irritating. It made
> getting into the panniers a pain. After years of trying every kind of
> setup, I found one I am happy with. I was running the typical setup, small
> panniers in the front and large in the rear, with bag and tent on to
Patrick:
I've played with loading quite a bit myself and have spoken with lots of
bicycle tourists. The Big Message is the number of variables is large
enough that you'll have play around with it, perhaps quite a bit.
Personally, Steve-at-the-bike-shop's recommendation is close to my
prefere
Thanks, John. This confirms my suspicion and prejudice that on the '03 the
fronts should be used (1) only for light (sub 20 lb for both sides) loads,
and (2) for overflow from the main rear load.
I will continue to experiment.
Anecdote: a few years ago, when I owned a Sam Hill (56, single tt, can
Patrick
Here is the link to the Bike Touring News article, I forgot to copy it in
the 1st post
http://biketouringnews.com/bike-touring-tips/how-to-load-a-touring-bike/
John Hawrylak
Woodstown NJ
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John: yes, just looked up the Soma bike and it is indeed the low trail
"Grand Randonneur." I wonder just how much up front on my Petersenian
custom is ideal. I suppose I can always do the experimental work myself.
Still, I'd like to hear from others about their front/rear divide opinions
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Patrick
Is the "Soma radonneur" you refer to wrt Steve, the Grand Radonneur?? If
so, it has low trial (29 mm) while the Rivs have probably 55 to 65 mm of
trail. On the Soma GR, 70%of the weight in the front would make sense.
Bike Touring News posted this article about loading low trail (Gill
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