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02-25-13, 01:27 PM
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perpetually frazzled
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I put a set of swept bars on my GT Outpost. It's not a light bike, but with the stock straight bar, and with the bullmoose bars I put on afterward, you were leaning a bit and could really beat on the thing. When I put the cruiser bars on it, the thing is actually a chore to ride because of the rider geometry. It feels about 60 lbs, and rides like a truck. It'll be going back to the bullmoose bars but will keep its road tires and fenders - they've got enough grip to deal with all but the muddy muck stuff.
02-25-13, 01:45 PM
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Hogosha Sekai
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This was a fun bike.. but it was out to kill me.
The bolt actually broke while riding and the crank came off.. had to step backwards off the bike and let it ride ahead to where you see it in the pic, the crank was a ways back.
There was a few other incidents with this same bike, but the one that really stands out was when the stem wedge gave way, while I was doing a bunny hop of course, the bike came down but the bars didn't.. I got very very very lucky as when I slammed down the bars the stem went back in place and I was able to safely stop the bike.
The bolt actually broke while riding and the crank came off.. had to step backwards off the bike and let it ride ahead to where you see it in the pic, the crank was a ways back.
There was a few other incidents with this same bike, but the one that really stands out was when the stem wedge gave way, while I was doing a bunny hop of course, the bike came down but the bars didn't.. I got very very very lucky as when I slammed down the bars the stem went back in place and I was able to safely stop the bike.
02-25-13, 06:07 PM
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I made some changes this afternoon - replaced the brake housings with quality stuff, and tried a longer stem with no rise. That made a big difference, and after I raised the saddle an inch and a half or so and moved it forward a bit, it improved significantly. The longer stem was the key, my weight is positioned more forward with more of it on the front wheel as bradtx pointed out (thanks bradtx!) The saddle height is now level with the grips (I took the photos before the saddle adjustments,) and it handles predictably. Thanks to all for the input!
