Not on an Atlantis for me, but on my Marinoni Turismo a rear only load is horrible on steep climbs and also when walking the bike (it's like wrestling a python then). I found rear panniers, front panniers on low riders and a smallish handlebar bag to work best. I had to play with the fore-aft position of the front panniers on the Tubus Tara rails to avoid shimmy.
One does save some weight by not having the front rack/panniers (like 2kg or so) so it is a consideration. IanA/Edmonton On Friday, July 11, 2014 1:36:34 PM UTC-6, LAP57 wrote: > > I have done some shorter tours on my Atlantis, 3 to 5 days. I have used > light weight back packing gear and gotten by with a Boxy Baggins in the > front and a Hoss in the back and no racks. I am looking at doing a longer > tour and my original plan was to use a large Berthoud bag in the front and > two mid sized panniers in the rear. My friend who has done a lot of > touring says I will need more weight in the front, ie front panniers to > distribute the load better. Can anyone with experience comment on how best > to load up an Atlantis for the best handling? > > Thanks. > > Larry Powers > > Get a bicycle. You will not regret it if you live. - Mark Twain > -- 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.
