This is good news because I have a Sam and have been told it's not up to the task of fully loaded touring. And it probably isn't capable of carrying 100 lbs but I wouldn't want to carry much more than 50lbs anyway. Would you mind sharing which Tubus racks you have and how they are attached because another thing I've heard is that Tubus is not compatible with Sam. Did you use P clamps?
Thanks for sharing, Matt On Friday, July 17, 2015 at 4:13:34 PM UTC-7, Jeff wrote: > > I've just returned from a fully loaded partial tour across Pennsylvania on > my Sam Hillborne, and I'm happy to report that outside of a mechanical > issue that was not Sam's fault that caused me to return home with a > different, scavenged rear derailleur than I started with, and multi-patched > tubes, he behaved wonderfully. > > Sam carried a camping load of ~47 pounds plus up to 6 liters of water at > times, along with my non-svelt self over rural roads, graveled mountain > roads, roads that were vertical and muddy and rocky enough to be referred > to as mountain goat paths instead of roads (okay, I pushed Sam up that one) > as well as highway shoulders and through state parks. > > Our tour did not go as planned, but things often don't, and we eventually, > sooner than later, strayed from our pre-planned route and ended a day > earlier than expected, but these are unimportant details. Life on a bike is > great and Sam is a more than worthy steed. > > Upon returning I stripped Sam of his Tubus racks, installed a new rear > derailleur and took him for a quick spin and he feels awful. He wants his > camping load back, and he wants to go for a long ride, and wake up > somewhere different tomorrow. > > > > -Jeff > Silver Spring, MD > -- 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.
