My Atlantis has always handled better with a front weight bias. Just last weekend I did an S24O with maybe 10 lbs per bag (tent in one, sleeping bag in the other, misc clothes) and just tossing that onto the rear was noticeable. I had my front low riders on so had the chance to move the same load to the other end on the same ride and voila! What a difference. FWIW, I've been exploring this issue for years and keep coming back to the same conclusion: weight in front first.
Very cool looking rack set-up, Esteban. Glad it works out; looks like heel strike wouldn't be an issue. dougP On Apr 11, 5:22 pm, EricP <ericpl...@aol.com> wrote: > Seems to me Jim Thill posted a while ago that the new Atlantis chainstays > were pretty long. Enough so a 970 chain was just barely able to get around > a similar setup. > > To Esteban - nice setup. Never have tried a low panniers. Don't have a > rack equipped for it. It looks nice on your Protovelo. Afraid the > bags would pick up too much grime here in Minnesota. Especially in the > non-summer months. > > Eric Platt > St. Paul, MN > > > > On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 5:19:21 PM UTC-5, franklyn wrote: > > > How long is really the chainstay? Grant only wrote that some sizes will > > have chainstays longer than 46cm. My wife's 1982 Trek 720 has a chainstay > > of 47cm, and you can definitely see and feel that extra length. One place > > where one experiences issue is chain length. A brand new SRAM 970 chain out > > of package is not long enough for 46T chainring/32T large cog combination. > > I was too lazy to lengthen the chain but tagging on a few more links, but > > for now just told my wife not to shift to the Big-Big combination lest she > > wants to break the derailleur. > > > Franklyn- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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-bunch@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.
