i'm on the pre-order for the MIT AHH and it will be my primary commuter, and plan on setting it up like Grant's AHH as shown on the staff bike page- Mark's rack with basket on the front and pletscher rear rack and medium saddlesack on the back. this should easily handle my typical load (change of clothes + lunch + tools). if i need a heavier load i'll just use panniers on the rear. i suspect i wouldn't like a heavy front load handling based on my experience with a front load on a surly lht I used to have. never felt quite right.
my current commuter is an elephant nfe which is low trail. it handles a front load beautifully unless i go too heavy. then i get a shimmy at high speed and that's a whole other ball of wax. On Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at 9:39:45 PM UTC-7, Mark Schneider wrote: > > I think Rivendells in general handle better with a rear load bias. They > have a high trail front end geometry, at least the older HH's did. Low > trail bikes with 60-70mm of fork rake only handle well with a front end > load. It's really a difference between French and English bike geometry > preference, or Jan Heine vs Grant Petersen if you prefer. That said, I run > my Homer with light loads on the front and it doesn't feel too bad,(no > where near 10 lbs.) The combination of a banasax up front with a small or > medium saddle sack in the rear, works great for long day rides. > > On Monday, September 10, 2018 at 8:53:09 AM UTC-7, Jamo. wrote: >> >> I am in the market for a rack for my Hilsen. It would be light loads, >> 10lbs max, and I want to run a basket on it. I figured people here would >> have advice/opinions on front vs rear loads on the Hilsen, and maybe even a >> specific rack recommendation. >> > -- 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.
