Saus said:- weight distribution toward the bottom is preferable to weight distribution toward the top.
Not one post on this thread has even approached a demonstration of this hypothesis, nor has any appropriate secondary source been cited.dabac said:Low is good
artemidorus said:Not one post on this thread has even approached a demonstration of this hypothesis, nor has any appropriate secondary source been cited.
We all very happily shove 50-150kg on the very tops of our bike frames.
I think that following the general maxims of "aerodynamic is good" and "lightness is good", particular with regard to the rider, you'll be set up to go as fast as anyone else of similar fitness.
Of course, it feels different. The question was not whether it could be felt, but whether it was "important".gemship said:Maybe the differences are small but if you can feel it then its there.
As long as I remain seated it doesn't matter squat, but if I'm out of the saddle, tilting the bike left/right as I pedal - then gear carried in lowriders definitely has less of an impact on how the bike feels than a similar weight carried in a handlebar basket. The higher up, the bigger the arc that the extra mass has to travel across.artemidorus said:Not one post on this thread has even approached a demonstration of this hypothesis,
Go here for more details, if you can handle the theoretical mechanics. Short version: Yes, lower center of gravity leads to a more stable bicycle, unsurprisingly. Does it matter in the context we are talking about in this thread? No.artemidorus said:Not one post on this thread has even approached a demonstration of this hypothesis, nor has any appropriate secondary source been cited.
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