Not a commuted per se...I like panniers for off road adventures and a bit of single track from time to time and low riders don't work for me. Low hanging fruit sort of thing. The bottom of my panniers rub against rocks and low shrub. For the time being I'm using the heavy weight Surly nice front rack until I decide on a custom rack. My .02
~Hugh On Monday, June 16, 2014 7:01:01 PM UTC-7, Benz, Sunnyvale, CA wrote: > > My post isn't about the yet-to-be-released Rivendell/Nitto HAR, but about > front low-rider racks in general. This is essentially a PSA. > > Now, I know that having a single-sided pannier isn't what the cool kids > do; but I like my single Ortlieb Office Bag for general commuting (laptop, > clothes, files, plus, plus) and I like my single Ortlieb Front Roller for > fast commuting (laptop and some files only). I have no need for a > left-right set of panniers and in fact split my Ortlieb Front Roller set > with a like-minded friend. > > So what has this got to do with the HAR or low-riders in general? Simply > put, any pannier that's carried single-sided on a front low-rider setup > will result in unreasonable degraded steering. This unreasonable > degradation does not happen with rear-mounted single-sided pannier. > > So be forewarned! If you like them low-riders and want to get them, know > that you need to balance them left-right or your neck will be sore from > trying to man-handle the handlebar straight. And don't even think about > riding no-hands. > > > On Monday, June 16, 2014 9:20:31 AM UTC-7, Mike Schiller wrote: >> >> I saw this buried in another thread http://vimeo.com/87633115 >> <http://vimeo.com/87633115> Anybody heard any recent news on the rack >> and bag? >> I didn't want to call and bug Riv but I am very curious. Plan to get one >> as soon as they are available. >> >> ~mike >> Carlsbad Ca. >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
