Jeez, my Atlantis sports a front Surly Nice Rack that I've loaded with a big basket and two grocery panniers (kid seat on back necessitates that cargo goes in the front). I've probably had 50 pounds of stuff in there during grocery runs. Granted, I wasn't careening down mountain descents, but the handling is just fine after few minutes for me to get accustomed to it.
I would add that the large front load makes the front end feel flexy, especially when braking. I believe this flexiness is mostly in the quill stem and 1" steerer. My next bike (a custom) will have a stouter 1-1/8" threadless steerer. On Sep 16, 8:25 am, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I saw that, it's interesting. I've had the shimmies once on my > Rambouillet but I think that was more due to high speed, a cross wind > and my own nervousness. When riding with a full Carradice Barley Bag > it can be hard to ride no handed. I'm curious what others will have to > say. > > I've got an AHH coming and will definitely be using it with a front > bag. I wonder how it will handle. > > --mike > > On Sep 16, 5:10 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Interesting article by someone who replaced the fork on their Atlantis > > to eliminate the "shimmies". > > >http://readytoride.biz/?p=333 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
