I ride a Cross Check as my commuter beater bike with a porteur rack/big Wald basket combo on the front, usually carrying a big shoulder bag with my work schtuff.
I can definitely feel the difference in steering characteristics. Unloaded, the steering is quick and precise. The bike handles sort of OK with a moderate front load and fairly terribly with a heavy one. It is most pronounced approaching a red light at low speed, as it will wander and dive towards the curb. However, I have pretty much gotten used to it and am putting up with it until I replace it with something better, which is soon hopefully. I like the front load config enough that I'm tolerating the bad handling. Depending on your expectations, I think you'll adjust to anything (within reason). KJ On Friday, February 6, 2015 at 11:26:31 AM UTC-5, Skenry wrote: > > can barely notice the with/without differences during normal riding. > I've never weighed it, but its 10"x8"x6" and generally full of powerbars, > jacket, camera and tools. It is extremely noticeable when riding slow > however. This bike basically serves as my beater/cyclocross/commuter. > > Try it with front weight and you might end up liking it. > Scott > > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 9:45 AM, Shoji Takahashi <shoji.t...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi Chris, >> If you can rig it up, try the seat bag on the handlebar to test it out. >> >> My experience is that some bikes do great with front weight, some don't. >> I have a CC, Hunqapillar, and AHH. The CC doesn't handle well with front >> weight. The Hunqapillar is great with Wald+HUB+HAR. I have an acorn hbar >> bag on the AHH, but it's not loaded up. >> >> Good luck! >> shoji >> >> >> On Friday, February 6, 2015 at 9:11:14 AM UTC-5, 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- 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.
