"Per Löwdin" <
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>
> Hi Raph, thanks
>
> > Take the BOB. It handles just great. In 1995, a friend and I made
a
> > trip in the western USA, partly off-road. My friend had a BOB,
pulled
> > by a full suspesion MTB and I had panniers (on a front suspension fork).
>
> How did the rear triangle take that? No damages?
No problems whatsoever. And we did a lot of off-road riding.
> We hesitate to increase the strain on our beautiful FS bikes. Think we will use our hardtails.
We have
> had panniers on hardtails on previous long rides
http://user.tninet.se/~ipg289h/fu99/MTB.html but
> not in front.
Instead we
> have had bar mounted bags. Works fine, steering remains nimble, has
a good
> feel, though there is an inherent instability. Can´t let go of the
bar for
> even a second as it flips to the sides immediately.
That's always a problem with front panniers. With when you do heavy touring with all the gear on the
back, the bike just isn't stable enough.
> > Especially when climbing on unpaved roads, the BOB gave him an advantage. The panniers on the
> > suspension frk caused a lot of
swaying
> > at low speed. The only time I had an advantage was on a fast
downhill
> > descent. The BOB limited his speed to 'only' 73 km/h, where I was
able
> > to reach 89 km/h. If this drawback is no problem for you, I'd take
the
> > BOB! I bought one when we were back in the Netherlands and I
haven't
> > used my panniers for long bicycle trips.
>
> Seems we are going for BOBs though we still have some doubts about
flying
> with them.
That's anotr story. My friend had no trouble, though.
> > For pictures of the trip in 1995, see
http://www.raph.nl/usa-1995/
>
> What a trip! We would like to cycle in the US sometime. Go from one
place to
> another searching out singletrack, in places like Boulder. Could you
camp
> everywhere or did you have to stay in hotels and motels?
As long as nobody knows that you're there, you camp about everywhere. In 1990 I did a solo trip from
Los Angeles to New York and camped 'in the wild'. Never close to houses, in national parks only in
designated areas and I was always cautious not to be seen when leaving the road to find a camping
spot. It worked great, but is took some time to feel comfortable 'in the wild' and to get used to
the sounds at night. During the 1995 trip, we stayed on BLM land, near the mouth of Oh-Be-Joyful
Creek and five kilometers from Crested Butte; see
http://home.hccnet.nl/raph.de.rooij/1995-usa/45.htm. In Moab, we slept in 'the Lazy Lizard'; see
http://www.gj.net/~lazylzrd/. It was the most laid-back (and cheapest!) place in Moab when I was
there in the winter of 1993 (see
http://www.raph.nl/usa-1993/) and 1995.
CU!
Raph de Rooij Pijnacker, the Netherlands www.raph.nl <-- home of Travel to the Horizon: more than
700 bicycle touring links