Same experience here. This was with my Brompton that (I believe) has an approximately 24mm trail. Without any load (front or back), on the first ride, it was squirrelly to the point where I had to conscientiously ride it. However, after a week, it was no big deal. Certainly, it handled differently than my other "normal" trail (~60mm) bikes but it wasn't anything I couldn't get used to. Then I got a front bag and on my first ride with a laptop and some stuff up front, the Brompton was noticeably more stable.
So chalk me up as one who believes adding a front load to a low trail bike can improve that bike's handling. On Nov 22, 1:10 pm, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > 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.
