+ 1 for Garth's point. Setup is everything and, in my experience, if a bike is properly set up, adding a 30 lb child in 20 lb trailer leaves the bike as comfortable or as uncomfortable as riding it alone. The real question seems to be, what sort of bar are you comfortable with, and how do you set it up properly?
As for Ian's point, the bar I used on my child-pulling bike was, IIRC, an old Giro d'Italia, 42 mm wide and deep drop. I had no problems with leverage for torque (67" fixed gear), though of course this is a matter of taste. (Aside: Pulling my daughter in a doublewide trailer -- for that's what it was) against a strong southerly was an exercise at once in patience and mettle!) Back to setup: sometimes Peter Jon White's advice, to move the saddle rearward so that your torso is held up more by your core than by your arms, works well. http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/fitting.htm On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 12:15 PM, Ian A <[email protected]> wrote: > Peter, > > I ride through the winters here in northern Canada on an 80's mountain > bike frame with drop bars. The bars are Nitto 177 Noodle in 46cm width. I > have interrupter levers and drop levers, with bar end shifters. The point > about winter riding is that sometimes I need a lot of leverage at the bars > as they need to be wide enough for me to pull the front wheel out of soft > snow or to brace against a rut. I find myself using the interrupter levers > a lot during the winter time both on road and on trails. > > I would imagine this set up would work equally well for towing a trailer > and kid hauling etc. This allows for riding on the hoods, the ramps, the > tops and in the case of climbing or headwind, in the drops. > > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
