Color me skeptical. This notion that an Atlantis can't handle a front load is incorrect, based on my experience. My Atlantis handles better (to me) with a heavy front load than it does with a heavy rear load. It's probably not optimized for heavy front loads, but then a low trail bike isn't generally optimized for riding unloaded, or for carrying weight rearward. I think what's often missed is that here's a wide gulf between "not optimal" and "not acceptable". When I post pictures of my front-loaded Atlantis on Flickr, invariably some theoretician comments that the geometry is wrong for front loads. Funny, I never noticed. Seems fine to me.
Likewise, my old Stumpjumper has, I think, a 67 or 68 degree headtube. It's also been converted from 559 to 584 wheels. This is the epitome of high trail, yet I put a big Wald basket on it (zip-tied to an old front rack), and fill that with probably 10-20 lbs of assorted treasures. I ride it no-handed without a thought. Of course it's possible that I'm just uncommonly talented at riding these unwieldy machines. On Sep 17, 7:18 am, "Frederick, Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > on 9/16/08 5:10 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Interesting article by someone who replaced the fork on their Atlantis > > to eliminate the "shimmies". > > >http://readytoride.biz/?p=333 > > Shimmy can be caused by a lot of stuff--it may be that the headset > reinstall/adjustment when installing the new fork was enough to cure it. > > Grant builds Rivs the way he likes bikes and he likes rear loaders. If you > don't like rear loaders don't buy a Riv! (they ain't "flawed"-that's the way > they're s'posed to be) > > Steve "likes Rivs," Frederick, East Lansing, MI --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
