Just looked up the R-14 on Riv's site: 13 lbs capacity. It's surprising how quickly weight can add up. The R-14 is an elegant looking rack but with just the support struts for stability it may lack lateral stiffness.
dougP On Dec 21, 2:20 pm, james black <chocot...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 13:25, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I loaded my 56cm Bombadil with the trunksack small on the Nitto Mini > > front. I moved the Nitto R-14 rear and the loaded Saddlesack Large > > over to the Bombadil. The Bombadil does shimmy with that load. But > > it is at a much higher frequency and a smaller amplitude. The > > amplitude was almost small enough to just ignore. It also happened at > > a somewhat higher speed. More notes for the notebook. > > The R-14 looks to my eye like it would be very flexible. I still think > that it is the main culprit here. It would be an interesting > experiment to keep everything the same but have the bag on a stiffer > rack. > > James Black > Los Angeles, CA -- 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.
