The one and only one thing I don't like about my Riv Wilbury is my inability to ride no-hands. I chalk it up to the mixte design. I've got fenders, small rack and a 'half-loafer with tools and spares up front ( prolly less than 3kg).
I've found it become more stable as I added weight to the bag and again when I lowered the bars, but not yet perfectly so. My next bike will be tested beforehand to confirm no-hands ride ability. Marc in Calgary > On Sep 2, 2017, at 5:32 PM, RonaTD <teddur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sunday, May 28, 2017 at 2:56:19 PM UTC-5, Antone Könst wrote: >> My new (to me) Cheviot is very hard to control with no hands on a flat road >> with no load. …. > > And I replied: >> Mine, too. My explanation is that the very high wheel flop requires a large >> amount of correction, and it's hard to apply that much correction and not >> over-correct. > > Update: I pulled the fork off my Cheviot and found it was not straight. I > adjusted the rake on one side and centered the wheel and, voila, far more > stable handling. I suspected that might be the problem and should have > mentioned it earlier. The first test when no-hands handling is a problem > should always be fork and wheel alignment. In the case of the Cheviot, I also > find that it likes a very upright riding position. I have not yet tried it > with a front load with the aligned fork, but I expect it to prefer rear > loading. > > Ted Durant > Milwaukee, WI USA > > -- > 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. -- 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.
