Patrick: Thanks very much; those are wonderful stories. I feel like a wuss carrying only 15-20 lbs. of groceries on my SamH, LOL! My grocery rides are about the same as yours too.
Keep it upright! Best regards, Richard On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 12:14 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Rich: I may well be far more tolerant of instability than many; also, my > grocery journeys tend to be short -- under 10 miles 1 way with detours, and > usually about 6-7 -- so I don't have to suffer instability for hours. > > I've carried up to 40 lb on it, in the rear only -- 45 max between front > and rear, and more on that later -- and find that it's best if the load is > no more than 30, distributed between the 2 rear panniers. > > An old 1973 Motobecane racing frame (well, it was 2nd tier model, I think; > Grand Record) with what felt like lighter tubing carried rear loads better, > oddly enough; 35 or more lbs in the rear, and this on a 11 oz Tubus Fly > rack. I carried up to 45 lb in the 2 rear panniers on that one. > > Back to the Curt: A year or so after this photo was taken, I had the bike > modified and powdercoated, and had new racks made, front lowriders as well > as a new rear rack. With the lowriders in place, I've carried a total of > ~45 lb: about 30 lb in the rear, ~15 in front, and the bike was less waggy > than with 40 in the rear alone, but it felt very sluggish to turn. I've > carried up to about 30 lb in front panniers alone, on lowriders, and it's > best with about 20 or less total in front, though even with 20 lb the > steering is quite sluggish -- perhaps I have to learn how to turn by > leaning instead of steering, with such front loads. > > Odd that the Motobecane should do so well at rear loads; though, being > built in the early '70s, it did have long stays -- skinny ones! The 58 cm > Ram I owned wasn't as good at load carrying, but it was better at rear > loads than the Curt, though not by much. > > The Curt is fine, though, for short loaded return journeys. I must load up > 45 lb on the Matthews and see how that does ... > > Long ago, I had a Fuji Royale "12 speed", which handled *best* with a > rear load! It was twitchy without any load, and stabilized with 20 lb in > the rear. > > One last aside: one of my first grocery bikes, long ago in WDC, was a 5 > speed Raleigh Sprite, to which I attached a cheap Pletscher rack and those > saddlebag-type rear baskets, Between flex in rack and frame, it was almost > impossible to ride a straight line with a sizeable rear load, and my > trajectory was a series of gentle "S" bends -- good thing the store was > only 1/2 mile away. > > On Mon, Nov 13, 2017 at 9:37 AM, RichS <rshannon6...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Patrick, what is the most weight you’ve loaded on your good looking Curt >> and still felt the bike to be stable? >> >> Thanks very much, >> Richard >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. > By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. > Other professional writing services. > http://www.resumespecialties.com/ > www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, New Mexico, EUA > ************************************************************************** > ************** > *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/rbw-owners-bunch/e_j8aHkk3gw/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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.
