I don't buy BQ so of course I don't know what they say but ... It seems that forks will flex as they are loaded and unloaded by hitting bumps and holes. With the taper of the fork blade and the bend down near the dropout, the flexing may be more down there than up near the crown. If you attach a rack that makes the fork into something more like a triangulated truss, that could make it stiffer which might affect ride and handling. I think that sort of effect would be negligible compared to a large low pressure tire.
On May 3, 7:09 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> wrote: > I've got the tara on with clamps provided by tubus > (http://www.thetouringstore.com/TUBUS/Fit%20Solutions/LM_1-250-pix.jpg) > > Works fine. Though being paranoid I felt weird clamping anything onto my > beautiful Hillborne's fork, I can detect no ill effects from having done so. > > I suspect the "stiffening" comment regards the fact that with the mini+tara > setup, you disconnect the tara completely when not using the low-rider, and > thus have nothing attached to the dropout 95% of the time. On the Campee > setup, you always have something attached to the dropout, even when you > remove low-rider support. > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean -- 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.
