Anne, The closer to the ground the weight is, the lower the center of gravity is, and the less your body's muscles are being used to correct the constant imbalances that occur on the bike and keep the bike upright. The bike will feel more stable and light. It's one of the reason that the more stable riding cargo bikes utilize small 20" wheels. It helps keep the load down low.
Also, with hydration packs strapped to your back, I'm going to guess that you're going to deal with more suspension losses since the pack can jiggle around (I've never worn one so I can't really say). Keeping the heaviest weights secured tightly to the bike so they can't wiggle around reduces suspension losses. Anton On Sunday, November 23, 2014 11:06:26 PM UTC-5, Anne Paulson wrote: > > Why? Why should you get it low? I would have thought keeping it on > your back, above the suspension (your knees) would be better. > > > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 6:39 PM, Deacon Patrick <lamon...@mac.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Water is the heaviest item by volume you will carry. It pays to get it > as > > low as practicable. > > > > With abandon, > > Patrick > > > > > > On Sunday, November 23, 2014 7:36:49 PM UTC-7, ted wrote: > >> > >> I think this > >> http://epicureancyclist.com/review-msr-dromedary-and-s-biners/ looks > fairly > >> nice. > >> > >> On Sunday, November 23, 2014 6:26:13 PM UTC-8, Deacon Patrick wrote: > >>> > >>> I don't remember. Wherever it works. Test before hand. Irish straps > are > >>> beautiful! > >>> > >>> With abandon, > >>> Patrick > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
