On Tue, 2011-11-22 at 12:46 -0800, William wrote: > I imagine I could go through the various forums to look for the > answer, but I'll ask anyway. Jan and others have said: > > > 1. a high trail bike can ride very well without a front load > 2. adding a front load to ANY bike changes the handling > 3. adding a front load to a high trail bike changes the handling > negatively > 4. a low trail bike rides very well with a front load (better than a > high trail bike) > > > My question is: Does adding a front load to a low trail bike improve > that bike's handling? Or does it just change it less negatively than > it does a high trail bike?
I had the LBS build up my Kogswell P/R, 30mm trail fork, and took the bike outside to ride around the parking lot. No load on the bike but me. "Holy @#$%! What the #$$^ is wrong with this bike???" was my immediate reaction. The front end felt really, seriously, weird: far too light, not like anything I'd ever experienced. I later came to find the bike felt "right" only with a handlebar bag and /something/ in it - tools, wallet, altogether probably ~2 lb minimum. -- 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.
