oh boy, this is going to be as much fun as discussion threaded vs. threadless headsets... :-)
On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 7:25 PM, Doug Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
