There is a distinction we need to be aware of between loading for shopping / commuting / daily use and multi-day touring.
For short trips, ease of loading / unloading and perhaps having to wrestle the bike onto a train or bus is more important than handling because the time & distance are relatively short. I've strapped all sorts of large, bulky things onto the top of my Acorn boxy bag. Handling is horrible but perfectly livable for the short duration. On a tour, I'm on the bike for hours at a time, in unfamiliar territory, and day after day. Stability and predictability become primary, and ease of loading / unloading take a back seat. These two loading situations may each have a different solution, even for the same rider. Individual riding styles and preferences can also affect "what works" for different people. One of the many cool things about this group is all the solutions people come up with. I would never have guessed that rear panniers as shown in Esteban's photo would work. dougP On Apr 13, 9:19 am, Peter Pesce <petepe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks! > > Swinging a leg over a high rear load is a chore even for us > long-of-limb-ers. I think I still have scar from the first time I lashed a > milk crate to rear rack. > > My scheme is actually even more nutty- I have a way to clip my commuter > bag/briefcase directly onto the Platrack (inspired by the way the Slicker > Sack attaches) but I really dont want it in front, so I'm thinking of > putting the platrack on the rear. I may need to do the "short stay" mod > that someone just posted in another thread, or maybe I can run the long > stays down to the rear dropouts. I also don't know if I'll get heel strike > problems. Only one way to find out! > > I certainly WILL post pics of any discoveries to share. (I won't post pics > of abject failures, though!) > > -Pete (mad rack scientist) in CT > > > > On Friday, April 13, 2012 11:57:07 AM UTC-4, Liesl wrote: > > > > I was messing around last night and I think I might actually try to put > > the marks rack with a platrack on the REAR of the QB and strap the bag to > > that. Anyone ever tried this? > > > > Pete in CT > > > Recently I've been zip-tying a wald basket to my rear Tubus Airy and > > using it with a shopsack for grocery shopping. This is with my faux > > QB (proto bleriot set up as a single). I think I've had 25-30 pounds > > on it (I had a recent post listing what was in the shopsack the first > > time I tried this), but for only about 2-3 miles as it was just home > > from the co-op. Also note that I am short and my frame is little, and > > I am not one of those young 40-something-whippersnappers but rather > > one of those young 50-something-whippersnappers. My thoughts are as > > follows: 1) if this load had been up front on my nitto mini front > > rack, I would've hated it. 2) I didn't love it up high on the back, > > but the ease of the set-up in every which way and my short-haul > > purpose made it worth it. 3) it would be an even better set-up on a > > Betty/Yves due to the swinging the short little leg up high over the > > rear end factor. 4) the rigging/lashing of the basket to the rack was > > really stable as far as the mounting was concern--in addition to > > lashing it to the Tubus, I also o zip-tied the top of the wald basket > > to the saddle loops of the brooks. This works with a low saddle > > nicely. 5) I suppose I should give it up and start posting pictures > > on flicker because I'm beginning to feel like a parasite getting all > > these good ideas from looking at everyone's photos and I haven't > > posted anything ever on flicker... > > > your grateful-to-everyone-who-posts-photos-of-their-rivs friend, liesl- > > 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.
