I find that, with quill stems, the higher then stem the more flex I feel with a
front load. Does anyone else feel this on mid-to-high trail bikes?
-Justin
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Over six feet tall, and proportioned tall in the body, so very tall
sitting. I had no problem with that load, which was an outlier. Main use of
that bike was grocery shopping. The rack would fit two standard reusable
shopping bags perfectly. Now sitting, flop was a problem, see strap. But
ridin
But could you see forward?
My daughter had a 24" wheel Townie 3i or somesuch, and it was a
surprisingly comfortable ride -- hard to stand and pedal, though.
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Hunter Harr
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> Bike handled fine, but was not fast, but very relaxed.
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Maybe if they are lowering their bars to the optimal height if they are
using a stem decaleur, which is not adjustable.
So, if you want your bag to sit squarely on the rack, you need to get the
bars at a close enough height.
Just a thought, but I really don't know from porteur stuff.
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Low bars and low trail do not, to my knowlege, have any connection. I think
that the reason why porteur bikes have lower bars is that that many
Rivendell riders like bars a lot higher than other riders like them.
The bar on this Rebour-esque (so, I assume, typical) porteur seems pretty
typical; it
I have a Rawland rSogn with a Haulin Colin rack and large Swift bag on the
front and it has Albatross bars with an uprising stem. Handles just fine
loaded otherwise.
On Thursday, February 25, 2016 at 11:19:47 AM UTC-6, John Phillips wrote:
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> Hi, I was looking at Google photos of bikes with po
A lot has to do with geometry; i.e. most actual porteur bicycles have low
trail geometries which usually coincide with a fairly low handlebar by Riv
standards. I've found that the higher & further back my h'bars are (I now
use Boscos on a Handsome XOXO), the more of my weight is on the rear whee
