Hi, When I ordered my custom Rivendell back in 02 I requested braze-on mounts for a small front rack. I had to send a drawing to Grant to show where I thought the mounts needed to be. At this time I don't Rivendell had a request for such mounts. When I got the bike I eventually mounted a Berthoud front rack and handle bar bag. The Nitto Mark's rack was still years away. The handle bar bag I used was a small one. I did many rides with the set up and never liked it.
The weight of the bag made the steering feel floppy. Especially going up hill. And when I got off the bike the bag would twist the front around; to me this was miserable. So I'd say adding a front bag to my Rivendell did indeed affect the handling - in a negative way. Perhaps the Rivendell does not have enough fork rake to offset the bag. James Valiensi, PE Northridge, CA H818.775.1847 M.818.585.1796 On Nov 24, 2011, at 7:41 AM, Jan Heine wrote: > On Nov 23, 10:47 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Imagine trying to carry a heavy backpack. You lean forward. When you >>> remove the backpack, while still leaning forward, you fall over. On >>> the other hand, when you add a backpack and don't lean forward, you >>> also fall over. So does the backpack help or hurt your balance? It's >>> neither, the backpack is part of the system that balances. Trying to >>> add a backpack without changing the other variables (lean angle >>> forward/back) does not work well. >> >> I like that metaphor. Thanks for that. Have you used that one before? >> I'd never heard it before. > > It came to me as I was thinking about how to explain the load being a > factor. That is what I like about online discussions - they get you to > think about things in different ways. > > Jan Heine > Editor > Bicycle Quarterly > http://www.bikequarterly.com > > Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.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-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. > -- 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.
