In a message dated 1/16/04 10:53:32 AM, RDF1249@aol.com writes:
>> I thought the rule of thumb was add weight evenly between front and rear
>> panniers when the initial weight added to the rear exceeded 10 to 15
>pounds?
>> This seems to minimize the shimmy caused by a large weight added to the
>> rear.
>>
>>
>In the case of my Raleigh International across the US in 1976, I started
>out
>with a front rack and panniers and a handlebar bag, but the shimmy was
>worse
>with that setup than after I ditched the front rack and panniers. It may
>have
>been two weights on either end of a big spring, exacerbating the problem.
>
>
>Bob Freeman
>Seattle
>
The French method is to load the front far more than the rear. Some French
tourists even dispense with the rear completely.
Phil Brown
Still sober in San Rafael, Calif.