Doug,
Thanks for confirming my suspicions.
...Roy
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 12:35 AM, doug peterson wrote:
> Roy:
>
> That's a question that I also had, so I did a bit of fiddling on the
> answer. I took a standard rear trunk bag, appox length & width of a
> rear rack, and mounted on the small
Roy:
That's a question that I also had, so I did a bit of fiddling on the
answer. I took a standard rear trunk bag, appox length & width of a
rear rack, and mounted on the small Nitto front rack. Lead dive
weights are handy for these experiments since the weight can be
concentrated in a small ar
I agree that closer to the axis of rotation should be better since it
minimizes the moment of inertia. This suggests that less rotation of a front
bag is better. In that case, here in the RBW world that there are bikes with
high handlebars and tall headtubes such that it would be feasible
(especial
On Feb 23, 8:26 pm, Roy Yates wrote:
> In any event, I saw a custom rack this weekend, similar to a Nitto M-12 mini
> front rack with a classic looking boxy rando bag (although i can't remember
> which.) However, instead of a decaleur coming down from the bars/stem, the
> vertical U loop at the
As I understand it, the best location for a front load isn't necessarily
lower, but primarily it should be closer to the steering axis. If you move
a bag lower, it gets closer to the steering axis. If you look at front
pannier racks, the center of the loaded pannier usually falls in line with
the
Doug and Rob,
Thanks for answering my newb questions. I generally would imagine lower is
better for a front bag, except its hard to see exactly why since a bag
tightly fixed to the handlebars goes through the same rotation as a bag on a
front rack as the bars are turned. I suppose it's related to
Roy:
+1 for Rob's general comments about loading. It does boil down to
personal preference. We've had several lively discussions re: trail,
load placement, etc., with no clear consensus. But it keeps us
thinking.
To your question, my answer is an un-qualified "Yes". I've tried an
old fashione
in General handling should be improved by keeping the load/mass lower
and above the axel. This largely falls into the personal preferance
range though. The loads I carry in the front:
Panasonic GF1
Spare Tube
Wallet
Phone
Keys
Extra water on a big day
this keeps the load weight pretty low, all th
thanks for sharing rob. some of my favorite things about this list
(and others) are the clever hacks and tweaks folks come up with to
suit their riding needs.
very nice rodeo, btw!
-jay b.
denver, co
On Feb 22, 4:45 pm, rperks wrote:
> I know that some of you out there are as in love with the
Rob:
Nice arrangement, and good intentions on minimizing the amount of
stuff carried. However, if you need a just a little bit more
capacity, I found Riv's Hobo bag makes a nice saddle bag, so
presumable the Acorn would as well. A bar tube is a good place for
snack, wallet, phone, etc. where you
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