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Very nice! Do you get shimmy at all at speed? I've had a low trail before (VO polyvalent) so hoping it's not wildly different.
Lots to say....
When no hands? Yes I do absolutely. Especially if the Psi is running low. But I genuinely think it's the fault of the rack being incorrect for the bike. That's a giant touring rack.
Here's been my experience. I've never used a proper rando bag with it. Only that rack +/- panniers.
If I put any kind of weight on the top of that rack and my psi is <30, I get bad shimmy every time. Take the weight off and I can fight it. Bring the pressure back up to 40 psi and it's almost perfect. Remove the rack all together and I don't get shimmy at all... Just a very low trail bike.
On the other hand put some loaded low panniers on that rack - I use the ortlieb gravel packs - and the bike has wonderful neutral handling. With those tires and loaded panniers I can ride no hands on loose gravel at a clip easily. It's a really nice thing. Perfect lite touring bike.
Probably the issue is is that massive touring racks are not the right rack for the bike. I wanted to run the Tubus Low Rider, but it blocked access to the axle when mounted with the hardware that I had available to me in my garage.... and I got that current rack at a huge discount. One day I'll figure out how to get the Tubus to work and do away with that platform rack.
For now I just deal with the shimmy, and find that platform rack to be quite useful for carrying shit.
None of this bothers me and I love the bike.
Typing this all out makes me want to switch the rack tomorrow.
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Interesting. I'm planning a soma demi porteur rack and a rack bag, with a roller bearing headset as the reports of whole bike shimmy on the rim brake models were a bit concerning. Apparently the disc model lengthened the trail slightly and a roller bearing headset helps.
The low rider panniers looks great.
timmah!
Very nice! Do you get shimmy at all at speed? I've had a low trail before (VO polyvalent) so hoping it's not wildly different.