One reason to put some weight on the front of the bike is that all of your (body) weight is mostly on the rear already. On Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 5:26:41 PM UTC-8 Stephen wrote:
> I have basically the same reasoning as Ian, and also live in a city and > dont want to leave bags on my bike when I lock up, plus i like my daily bag > to not look too bikey (I use the shopsacks). Convenient and easy, easier to > pile up with whatever shit i want, take a jacket or sweater off if i get > hot, sling my lock into it. Does it affect handling? yep, but i dont really > mind that much for riding around town. If my situation was different maybe > id do things differently, but I tend to like having a at least a small > basket available for an around town bike. I like the way it looks too. > > -stephen > > On Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 7:47:17 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> IMO, baggage ought to complement the handling characteristics of the >> bicycle. My benchmark idea of handling has been formed by 30 years of >> riding Rivendells which, IME, do best with rear loads, or at least loads >> biased toward the rear and not the front. >> >> On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 5:18 PM ian m <darkg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure how it makes more sense to put a bag into another bag than >>> into a baske >> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a046e842-e3bb-40b3-99af-420ea9e1a7adn%40googlegroups.com.
