But it's cross-chaining!!!!! Bike Snob would DISAPPROVE!! I kid I kid.
On Sep 22, 4:37 pm, James Warren <jimcwar...@earthlink.net> wrote: > Rick, > Your Atlantis is the bomb! (Not literally, and not Bombadiliterally either.) > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/92441...@n00/4689767208/in/photostream/ > > Makes me want to take off on a bike for a couple years. > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Rick <richardholc...@yahoo.com> > >Sent: Sep 22, 2010 2:04 PM > >To: RBW Owners Bunch <rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > >Subject: [RBW] Re: quick Platrack report > > >I do a bit of both. For commuting purposes on Bleriot, most of the > >weight is the laptop and files up front, clothes and stuff are behind > >the seat: > > >http://www.flickr.com/photos/92441...@n00/4637721608/ > > >That Nitto rack on the back has been swapped for a mini, and is now at > >home on the Atlantis; on farmer's market days, I'll use two ortleib > >panniers on the back of the Atlantis to cart purchases home, and > >feeding six, the weight adds up. Obviously, steering is different > >between the Bleriot front load and Atlantis rear load, but you just > >get used to it. > > >The main difference for me is that out of the saddle, I notice a heavy > >rear load sways more on the way home from the market than I do the > >files in front on the way to and from work. Again, no big deal, but > >it's there. > > >Rick. > > >-- > >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >"RBW Owners Bunch" group. > >To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >For more options, visit this group > >athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
