I plan to go on a tour where I would be carrying panniers on a rear rack for some of the time, then stripping off the excess weight for some days of fast riding on an unladen bike.
I am concerned that the luggage will make a big difference to the unsprung mass, causing larger loads on the beam and front pivot. I can tolerate the reduced comfort, but I don't want to break the beam. Has anybody had any experience of how the Softride handles the weight of panniers?
I have come to prefer to load my panniers on the front rather than on the back. It handles and feels better that way. I don't know if you can put panniers on the front of a Softride though. When I did the Transcontinental I encountered a guy with a BOB trailer which seemed to work very well for him.
Bob Taylor
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I plan to go on a tour where I would be carrying panniers on a rear rack for some of the time, then stripping off the excess weight for some days of fast riding on an unladen bike.
I am concerned that the luggage will make a big difference to the unsprung mass, causing larger loads on the beam and front pivot. I can tolerate the reduced comfort, but I don't want to break the beam. Has anybody had any experience of how the Softride handles the weight of panniers?
Has anybody had any experience of how the Softride handles the weight of panniers?
I helped mount a set of pannierracks on a couple of Softride Powerbeam bikes that went on a 2000 mile tour.
The in the rear, racks were mounted to the dropouts. We fabricated an aluminum bracket that mounted underneath the rear brake bolt for the front of the rack.
This scheme worked nicely. I would avoid mounting to the beam myself.
