I don't know if this experience applies to the Atlantis, but I "roadified" many old steel mountain bikes, and they behaved exactly as you described in turns, as well as failed to hold a stable straight line, if I ran narrow tires. True 32s (eg, 1.25 Tioga City Slickers) brought some degrading of handling but tolerable; but 23 mm tires made handling horrible. OTOH, when I put on 60 mm Big Apples, or 50mm Conti Town and Countrys, the handling was very good (I am thinking in particular, with these last, of my old Diamond Back Axis Team.)
A high bar with little weight on the front end made the sketchiness worse. FWIW, my experience with 3 Rivendell Roads, all ridden with heavy saddlebags, exactly imitates yours with your Ram. Perhaps the Atlantis simply needs bigger tires? On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 1:49 PM, whiskeyding <whiskeyd...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > Hey gang, > > I've found myself becoming increasingly irritated with my 61cm > Atlantis' handling in the turns. At higher speeds (greater than about > 15 mph), it feels fine, but at lower speeds I find it near impossible > to hold a line in a turn. It feels like the bike is pushing me to the > outside of the turn, and I have to wrestle with it to keep the turn > tight. On my Ramboulliet, the turns are seemingly effortless, and the > bike simply goes where I want it to go with a very light touch on the > handlebars. I don't know if it's possible to duplicate this effect > on the Atlantis; the geometries are different in many ways, but I'd > like to try. > > I'm running 33mm Jack Brown tires, and I have a Hoss saddlebag on the > back with between 5 and 10 pounds in it most days. I use drop bars > roughly level with the saddle. I don't know if dropping the weight > lower into panniers would help, or if I need more weight in the front > end, or if I should try different (narrower?) tires. It could very > well be my riding technique! Lot of things to try, but I thought I'd > pick the collective brain before I start throwing money around. > > Any suggestions? > > Regards, > > Michael Kennedy > Parker, CO > > > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM Professional Resumes. Contact resumespecialt...@gmail.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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
