Hi Shawn, I think the information stated by Andy, Doug & Christopher is dead on...I'll add I did a 260 mile tour with about sixty pounds and ran panniers in the back & low-riders up front with a basket. What I found was that the handling suffered with the basket load (even 5 lbs) especially on low speed hill climbs. I suffered in my arms & shoulder blades with the constant micro-adjustments I had to make, which sounds like what Christopher experienced.
On a recent mini-tour I left the basket behind and kept the panniers on front & back and reduced the load to about 32 lbs total gear plus pannier weight and my Hilsen handled really well. My caveat though is you have a Hungapillar which is stouter than a Hilsen so your max load could be higher and handle really well. Also Doug has a mid-trail (not trying to make this another mid/low trail discussion) fork and his front end handling may be slightly different than your's. I plan on increasing the load in the future to see the difference. I'll be interested what you do with feedback. Best, ~Hugh -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
