Paul: The bike looks great & quite versatile. I have an Atlantis & find it quite adaptable to conditions. But....now you may have re-opened the "front load vs rear load" issue for Rivendell owners.
In one of the pics, you show a large front bag plus panniers on low riders on the front, with a single bag on top of the rear rack. If this was all the bags, it suggests a large proportion of your luggage weight on the front. One side of this discussion claims Rivendells are designed to be "rear loaders" & may have, shall we say, handling issues if loads are biased toward the front. My personal experience is that my Atlantis handles better with at least a decent portion of the load on the front. So the question lurking in the above is: What is your experience with load placement? Front bias? Rear bias? Don't notice? Looking forward to your thoughts on the subject. Doug "I'm stickin' a bunch of it on the front anyway" P -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Cooley Sent: Monday, December 29, 2008 8:26 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: {BL} Pictures of my Recent rack and fender installation. I've finally put some pictures on Flickr of my Velo Orange rack and fender installation. The link is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/44745...@n00/sets/72157611786912729/ for those interested. I tried to make extensive comments about the things that didn't turn out quite perfect and steps I would watch out for in the future. All in all, I'm very happy with things as they are though. Paul B. Cooley Santa Fe, NM http://carfreefamily.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. 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/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
