Makes sense to me. I ride around with two kids on my bike all the time (first an Appaloosa with one kid in front and one in back, now a Clem L with an xtracycle). They both cruise like Impalas. On the other end I stripped the stock wheels off my Clem H and put on some cliffhangers + thunderburts tubeless and saw a night and day improvement in handling while unloaded. Please let us know what else you decide to tie to your bicycle. Brilliant.
Bones On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 6:48:44 PM UTC-5 Joe Bernard wrote: > That's what car ads in the '60s called road-hugging weight. To extend the > car analogy, I've had several lighter/smaller ones with decent power, and > now a basic big Chevy Impala with a little more power and a LOT more > weight. It's probably not any faster than those hot hatches but oh baby > does it cruise at 72 without a care in the world. > > Your gorgeous Clem is showing a similar effect. Put more bags and stuff on > it and cruise! > > On Saturday, January 9, 2021 at 3:37:33 PM UTC-8 Jim Whorton wrote: > >> I have a 59cm Clem H that is a little too big for me (I am 6' 1", 89 >> PBH). So I was riding it on some hilly pavement today, thinking what a >> lumbering hulk this bike is and how I need a smaller one. I came across a >> piece of iron pipe in the road. I thought, "I need to tie that on my bike >> because it will make everything worse, proving my point." I tied it on the >> bike and to my confusion, the bike rode more smoothly. It felt great. It >> didn't feel faster but it felt easier and just really nice. Smoother. The >> simplest explanation is that I am confused and imagining things, because >> adding pounds to my Clem H should not make it nicer to ride. But....is it >> possible I was not confused? >> >> I will try to insert a picture. >> >> Jim in Rochester >> >> [image: IMG_1544.jpg] >> >> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/db047049-9d8c-4ecd-aa27-2ef195bf0c6en%40googlegroups.com.
