I often install the front (Ortlieb Sports Packers) on the '03 Road for a grocery run to Corrales, and end up buying enough to fill most of the rear Roller Packers. I manage to stuff it all in, somehow, but I've carried as much as 35 lb between the 2 fronts, and the bike doesn't like it -- it doesn't want to turn. It's happier with sub-20 lb between the 2 fronts.
Even on the rear, this bike doesn't handle 30+ lb loads with the grace that the 2 best rear-load-carrying bikes I've owned did (they were very different; light, flexy '73 Motobecane Grand Record, and Fuji Royale "12 Speed", a much beefier frame and a bike that really was rather skittish, at least with 28s (I seem to recall that it stabilized a bit with 42s), but that, with at least 15 lb in rear panniers, felt wonderfully planted. (I recall carrying ~10 lb in one of those old Carradice boxy bags on the Nitto bar-mount "prongs" that held the weight high and forward; rode it in gusty sidewinds -- sold the Boxy Bag and "prongs." Long windup, but we get there eventually: how much can you comfortably carry in lowriders on one of the more "roady" Rivendells? Roads, LongLows, Rams, Sams, Bleriots, Redwoods or whatever they were? What about in baskets -- high, forward! -- on other models? In any event, even a ride on the Rivendell with too much weight in front is a heckofalot more pleasant than driving the car! -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, New Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique ************************************************************************** ************** *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* -- 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.
