On 12/29/2016 06:10 AM, Bruce Herbitter wrote:
The Ram fork is 1.0 non butted. RBW sold the bike as a "light" tour
capable bike, not intended as a front loader.
Ah, but you do not need a "front loader" to use lowriders. They work
fine with all geometries, basically.
The Saluki which is the same bike as the Hilsen today was the one sold
as a medium tourer with front and rear pannier rack mounts, while
Atlantis was the heavy tourer. A slot now possibly shared with
Hunqapillar.
On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 9:06 PM, Steve Palincsar <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 12/28/2016 08:15 PM, Bruce Herbitter wrote:
the fork is not intended for the weight either in the tubing
choice or the geometry. But you are correct, top rack and low
hung weight will be different.
On Wed, Dec 28, 2016 at 6:40 PM, Steve Palincsar
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Yes, but a lowrider isn't like Marks rack.
On 12/28/2016 07:37 PM, Fullylugged wrote:
The bike wasn't designed as a front loader, which is why
the absence of mounts. I used a Marks rack on mine which
attaches with P-Clamps and didn't like te handling with
anything over about 5 lbs in it. YMMV.
8/5/8 OS (which is what the Rambouillet has) is, if I recall
correctly, about as stiff as 531 Tourist grade, 10/7/10 std
diameter, as was used in the Jack Taylor Tourist, one of the most
capable loaded touring bikes of its age. 73 degree head angle was
not unknown among touring bikes of the time either, I believe.
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