Not sure of the total amount of weight, but figure have carried 25 to 30 pounds on my Hillborne. My weight last summer was 240. So, I'd say the bike could carry 260-270 without problems.
Did not notice extra wheel flop with a front load. But my front bag is usually a hobo bag. I also may be immune to most flop issues. My setup is just the small Nitto rack on the front of the Hillborne. With a small bag and handlebar bag, probably not more than 10 pounds. But that was just this year. FWIW, the bike is shod with Schwalbe Marathon Supremes 700x40 and fenders. Eric Platt St. Paul, MN On Feb 18, 2:47�pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm toying, just toying, with the thought of buying a SH as an allrounder > touring bike to complement my stable of (a) road bikes with max cap of 28s > with fenders and (b) a full, 65mm-tired 29er. So: > > 1. How big a load, front + rear, can the SH comfortably handle, assuming you > are using top quality racks, like Tubus? > 2. How does a front load affect wheel flop? (I recently added a small bar > bag to my custom Riv Road and find that even a few lbs increase flop > noticeably; of course, this bike has very light and very narrow 559 wheels, > which may be more affected by weight over the front wheel.) > 3. How much weight do you find you can tolerably carry on front? > 4. It does have fork-leg braze-ons for a small front rack, right? What racks > fit? And how much weight can they carry? > > FWIW, I am 170 buck nekkid and am planning a dirt road tour in late spring, > and while I love the idea of the Fargo, it is probably too much of a > duplicate of my (God willing) > in-the-process-of-being-customized-by-local-builder Monocog 29er, for which, > were I to choose the Monocog for the tour, I would buy a nice Alfine > hub-geared touring wheelset (with disc-braked dynohub front!).. > > I know that the Atlantis is the cat's pyjamas, but perhaps the SH is more > roadish and fits better into the gaps of my present bike stable. > > All comments welcome if they are intelligent and well articulated. > > -- > Patrick Moore > Albuquerque, NM > For professional resumes, contact > Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com > (505) 227-0523 -- 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-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
