On Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 10:34:36 PM UTC-5, dstein wrote: > > Does extra weight on the handlebars affect steering more than if it sits > lower on like a mark's rack? >
I'm sure there are real engineers or physicists on the list who will say I'm out of my depth ... but my answer is that for a given position relative to the steering axis and the tire contact patch, it doesn't matter where the bag is attached. Lower and closer to the steering axis should have less of an influence. The more securely stabilized the better, too. I haven't done a same-bike comparison of the Boxy Bag/F15 vs Berthoud/Decaleur. I set the Berthoud in pretty much the same location, though. Functionally, I think it's important to have the top of the bag at the handlebars to make it easy to see and reach in to find things. I give the F15 a bit of an edge in stability because of it holding 3 sides of the top of the bag. Decaleurs just hold one side, allowing a bit more sway. The bag sitting on the rack mostly offsets that, though, so there's not a lot of difference in stability. Ted Durant -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
