"Quite a bike. I imagine you can get a lot more gear on the back than you might want to haul around. How does it handle loaded?"
There isn't all that much Arvon info out there. He said somewhere that he enjoys tandems, and would drop a pal off then head out some long distance home, and was astonished how much he enjoyed riding a bike with a really long rear end, as a tandem ridden solo would have. This influenced the overlong rear stays. And he isn't the only one doing that, though he may have the longest ones.
What I like about his racks is that he actually provides enough room for the average gear. The top rear gets normally something like a tent, or sleeping bag, or foam mat. That stuff is all much longer than the racks one normally sees. The load either looks badly controlled, or even stuff like a fly I lost, may find it's way out. I like the long top platform. I don't really see it as an excuse to carry any more stuff, as with the extracyle. Just the regular rear panniers, and the normal stuff that goes on the back rack top, but properly controlled. And this option is there even on not so overlong rear ends. He provides that truss top rail system so the rack can stick out to the back as required.
As an example, the useable length of my current rear rack deck is 12". My ensolite mattress is 20". I would prefer it if the deck was that length also.
Last edited by MassiveD; 10-02-11 at 12:31 AM.