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The handlebar bag on the rockhopper is an old handlebar bag we found in a charity shop with a bag support that came on an old Peugeot. It's surprisingly resilient, but isn't even slightly waterproof

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Man that’s nice. Add a dynamo and spd pedals and that’d do me for commuting

my HT angle is 72 -is that better or worse for front handling?

Neither, it's just a factor in the resultant trail. Measure your forks offset by lying them on a flat surface and use that calculator.

If you're mostly going to be on road I'd guess matching your current fork plus a bit more offset probably isn't a bad plan. You don't want to reduce trail to much though, especially on a tourer as it'll make it more unstable at low speed.

http://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/816/how-does-frame-geometry-affect-a-bike

You'd want a lower trail on a loaded touring bike, no? The front weight would offset the lighter steering.

Please can we not have the 20 odd pages of trail/rake/offset/front loading conversation again? Whoever needs to know, just message scobes.

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Cool man. Thanks!

Anyone got a photo of brackets to fit a dynamo light to the side of a pizza rack? I’m thinking a simple right angle bracket and bolt on?

From the article:

So a touring bike might have a lot of trail to provide a stable, predictable ride, while a race bike might have a small amount of trail to offer quick, sharp cornering

I did say 'too much'. Loaded up you're likely to be going slow uphill, and you don't want to be fighting to keep the bike in a straight line when climbing and tired. Large front load and low trail will exaserbate wheel flop at slow speeds.

Edit: that's only half the story actually. Here's a good article on it, your HT angle plays a part.

With a front load, you need a very different geometry. Because the load turns with the fork, it has two effects. At high speeds, the inertia of the load tends to stabilize the steering so you decrease the trail to make the bike more nimble. At low speeds, the load wants to rotate around the inclined steerer axis so you also steepen the head angle to reduce the force the load exerts on the steering.

tl;dr just ask Scoble

Yes

That Ritchey and is a pair of cranks away from perfection

https://www.flickr.com/photos/41573599@N06/

Lovely Gilles Berthoud #DBAD

Loving these Randonneurs sir.

How many cues does that hold?

Workhorse bike from bike shop where I'm another workhorse. Takes up to 7 wheels without much discomfort. Sadly we don't have space for proper cargo bike.

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Was that bike designed specifically to smuggle 18650 batteries out of the factory?

Clearly a moderne attempt at this

Scooter-mounted bazooka?