Been riding my AHH about 4 years now. Other than gearing, it's just a "stock" set up by Riv., including the Nitto F-15 / Barsack, Noodles, Rich wheels, and Schwalbe Marathons. I rarely carry more than 5 pounds up front, usually less. I dare not take my hands off the handlebars of the Hilson as the shimmy starts immediately. And it doesn't matter if I have added weight on the rear.
I previously rode an early-model Raleigh Competition in a size really too large for me. Would commonly carry up to 10 pounds in a handlebar bag. I sometimes add another 25 in front panniers. Never a problem with shimmy or riding hands free. No real idea why as I don't know how the geometries compare. gajett On Tuesday, June 14, 2016 at 3:24:31 PM UTC-7, Reed Kennedy wrote: > > I've been a Rivvy sorta guy for the last ten years, owning several of > their bikes and numerous others built up in Riv-inspired ways. Recently > I've been reading through back issues of Bicycle Quarterly, and back posts > on Jan Heine's blog. It's got me wondering about this whole > alternate-universe practical bike thing he describes, which seems to be > characterized by low trail steering geometry, flexible frames, and carrying > loads up front. > > I'd love to try it, but such bikes aren't exactly common. > > Does anyone have experience with both Rivvy (mid-trail, burly rigid frame, > carrying stuff all over) and the more French rando / Jan sort of bike? What > did you think of each? > > > Reed > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
