Originally Posted by
Randochap
The wheel flop isn't an issue with low riders. That's what I mean by satisfying gliding through town. I'm not sure if there's a bike that can be ridden no hands with a heavy front load but with a heavy lowrider front load it feels fine with normal lean to turn handling and hands on the bars. Looking at the reviewers Surly I see that he's got a big front bag mounted above the front wheel. That would exacerbate wheel flop. Thats what I mean by the LHT feeling like a big tour bus. It's meant to carry the weight and it does it well. Unloaded misses what the design is about.