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Forum: Touring

03-21-23, 05:46 AM

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Talk me out of Frame Mounted Front Racks

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Posted By Trakhak

You haven't mentioned whether you've used...

You haven't mentioned whether you've used clamp-on aero bars on any of your touring bikes. They enable riders to gently stretch the back while greatly increasing aerodynamic efficiency. Win-win.

Forum: Touring

03-21-23, 03:49 AM

Replies: 78

Talk me out of Frame Mounted Front Racks

Views: 6,836

Posted By Trakhak

Terrific post from john m flores above. But it's...

Terrific post from john m flores above. But it's clear that even that evidence, including his riding no hands with low riders, will have no effect. Title of thread should be changed to "It will be...

Forum: Touring

03-18-23, 01:44 AM

Replies: 78

Talk me out of Frame Mounted Front Racks

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Posted By Trakhak

"Shimmy" refers to a more or less uncontrollable...

"Shimmy" refers to a more or less uncontrollable ongoing oscillation in a bike's frame and can render a bike dangerous to ride. Bikes loaded with touring gear are apparently no more or less...

Forum: Touring

03-18-23, 01:01 AM

Replies: 78

Talk me out of Frame Mounted Front Racks

Views: 6,836

Posted By Trakhak

The OP has undoubtedly been talked out of...

The OP has undoubtedly been talked out of frame-mounted front racks by this point, given all the testimony in favor of mounting panniers on low-rider fork racks.

Forum: Touring

03-17-23, 03:55 AM

Replies: 78

Talk me out of Frame Mounted Front Racks

Views: 6,836

Posted By Trakhak

If you search for it, you can probably find a...

If you search for it, you can probably find a Bicycling! magazine article from the 1980s where Jim Blackburn reported the results of tests of all of the most common rack configurations (not including...

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