Thread: Need a lightweight fast tourer... which?
View Single Post
Old 12-30-08 | 08:34 AM
  #13  
cyccommute's Avatar
cyccommute
Mad bike riding scientist
Titanium Club Membership
20 Anniversary
Community Builder
Community Influencer
 
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 29,149
Likes: 6,206
From: Denver, CO

Bikes: Some silver ones, a red one, a black and orange one, and a few titanium ones

Originally Posted by Machka
It's actually not that bad. I've ridden with my panniers on the front and with my panniers on the back and there is a difference, but I wouldn't say that one was better than the other. I've removed my front rack and don't miss it.
I have to disagree. Heavily loaded front bags are far superior to heavily load rear bags, especially on something like the CrossCheck. Moving the bags to the front wheel with a lighter load on a rear rack would solve all kinds of issues with the shorter wheelbase of the Crosscheck. Handling would be better at all speeds and issues with heel strike would be nonexistent.
__________________
Stuart Black
Dreamin' of Bemidji Down the Mississippi (in part)
Plan Epsilon Around Lake Michigan in the era of Covid
Gold Fever Three days of dirt in Colorado
Pokin' around the Poconos A cold ride around Lake Erie
Dinosaurs in Colorado A mountain bike guide to the Purgatory Canyon dinosaur trackway
Solo Without Pie. The search for pie in the Midwest.
Picking the Scablands. Washington and Oregon, 2005. Pie and spiders on the Columbia River!





cyccommute is offline  
Reply
0