Thanks. No, it was in badly placed Axiom Dutch style grocery panniers; when I installed the Ortliebs properly and put in 21 1/2 lb in each, the bike handled much better and, per advice, I expect it will handle even better with half rear and half in front lowrider panniers.
On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Pete <p...@20kph.com> wrote: > Instead of front/back weight distribution, the thing I have noticed > that affects handling more than anything is how the rear weight is > distributed from bottom to top. If I have too much weight (and/or > height) piled on top of the rack itself the handling gets much worse. > This is true for all the bikes I've toured with including my Riv. Is > that the case with you? Are you placing heavy items directly on top > of the rack? 35 pounds is not that much if at least 25 of it is in > the panniers. It's easy to check to see if this is the culprate. Do > a test ride with your same load but have your rear panniers as full > and heavy as possible and put little or nothing on top of the rack > itself and see if the ride changes. > > Pete -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW at resumespecialt...@gmail.com -- 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.
