Very nice setup. Historically I have tended to have more cargo weight in the rear than in the front on my bike. However, lately I've been mixing it up more. And sometimes going with heavy front weighting.
One thing I've been very pleased about is that the Hillborne just plain doesn't seem to care a lot about how I ride it, including where the weight is. Yeah, I can tell when I have a loaded BarSack on my handlebars which are a couple inches above my saddle. And I can tell when I have panniers and a stuffed SaddleSack Medium. And I can tell when I have a ShopSack Large in back and a ShopSack Medium in front, both in baskets. But the Hillborne is a Country Bike. It deals. So it is appropriate here to apply what seems an oft-invoked-by-Mr.-Petersen principle: It's different. It's fine. You get used to it in about 10 minutes / miles / shifts / rides / what-have-you. Couple questions: Is that a standard Hillborne paint job? I've seen several with a contrasting head tube in photos but more often see them with same- color head tubes. It looks really good. Those are some *long* fenders. Are those Honjos? Is *that* how long Honjo fenders just are? Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean On Jan 26, 1:14 am, Ad Noyce <adamab...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey all, > > Thanks for the input on front racks. My setup now includes a mini front > rack for the loafer and fenders: > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/26905387@N04/5388732538/in/photostream/ > > Thanks gang, > Adam > > On Monday, January 10, 2011 9:10:43 AM UTC-8, Montclair BobbyB wrote: > > > Tubus are indeed fine racks... My only gripe with my Tubus Logo was > > that the top (main) platform was very narrow, compared to the Nitto > > Big Rack. Anything I put on the Logo seemed tippy, and unstable. I > > don't understand where Tubus is coming from with this design; in fact > > I believe you build the rack platform to be as wide as possible > > without it becoming heavy or unwieldy. > > > On Jan 10, 10:14 am, hobie <moho...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Don't forget Tubus in stainless still. Tubus might be stronger or more > > > rigid. > > > > On Jan 7, 1:54 am, Adam <adam...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Thought I'd use the rebate to throw on a front rack... > > > > > Could anyone speak to whether the Nitto Two-Strut Top Rack is > > > > compatible with canti brakes? > > > > >http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/nitto-two-strut-top-rack/20-190 > > > > > I was planning to sit the small loafer up front...so then any reason > > > > I'd choose the Two-Strut, which seems to manage a good amount of > > > > weight, v. the Mini Front Rack, which handles a smaller load and has > > > > one strut? > > > > >http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/mini-front-nitto/20-020 > > > > > Concerned about weight in the front, especially when I'm on longish > > > > rides--frequent biking in the Oakland and Berkeley hills and it can be > > > > plenty windy. > > > > > Any thoughts appreciated-- > > > > > Best, > > > > Adam- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - -- 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-bunch@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.
