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Ken M
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**That seems reasonable to me. I've met a lot of people over the
years that think because they can do a century unloaded without
too much trouble, that doing a century on a loaded bike
every day should be not that big a deal... **
Yeah I have run into a few like that also. I can ride a century, but
haven't tried it on a ' loaded ' bike yet.
**I would also recommend a few shakedown weekend trips **
I did a sort of shakedown with my rear rack and panniers load up to the
max 35 pound rating. Just to see how the bike would handle with the
extra weight, and to see how I could handle the weight. It slowed my
down about 1.5 to 2.0 mph. So I figure with fully loaded front panniers
that should slow me down by another 1.5 to 2.0 mph. So my normal
cruising speed on level ground is about 16 to 17mph, so I figure the
loaded speed to be about 11 to 13mph, I think.
Ken
years that think because they can do a century unloaded without
too much trouble, that doing a century on a loaded bike
every day should be not that big a deal... **
Yeah I have run into a few like that also. I can ride a century, but
haven't tried it on a ' loaded ' bike yet.
**I would also recommend a few shakedown weekend trips **
I did a sort of shakedown with my rear rack and panniers load up to the
max 35 pound rating. Just to see how the bike would handle with the
extra weight, and to see how I could handle the weight. It slowed my
down about 1.5 to 2.0 mph. So I figure with fully loaded front panniers
that should slow me down by another 1.5 to 2.0 mph. So my normal
cruising speed on level ground is about 16 to 17mph, so I figure the
loaded speed to be about 11 to 13mph, I think.
Ken