Obvious, but the more weight, the greater the effect on handling. On my Hunqapillar, I use a small trucksack when bikepacking for my food. That handles great.
With abandon, Patrick On Friday, February 6, 2015 at 7:11:14 AM UTC-7, Chris Lampe 2 wrote: > > How much effect does having a small front rack with either a basket or a > bag on it have on a bikes steering? > > My primary concern is carrying capacity. I want to be able to carry the > usual wallet, cell phone, car keys, spare tube, tire levers and maybe some > allen wrenches but I also want to move to higher performance tires and am > considering carrying a spare tire since I'm a 400 lb rider and a damaged > tire is probably more likely for me than others. I've got a great little > seat bag that will hold everything but the tire. > > A secondary concern is that my Devil is a perfectly suitable bike in every > aspect except for the front-end handling. I've been riding 700c bikes with > MTB geometry since 1995 and I just can't get used to the Devil's 60mm of > trail....even with 40mm tires. Would the extra weight on the front make it > handle more like a higher trail bike or would it just increase the wheel > flop? > -- 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.
