Re: Rear Luggage Rack Web Site Update

>>> Looking at the side-view pix of the Yuba Mondo,
>>> it appears to me that the problem /has/ been addressed,

>  jim beam <spamvortex@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> not adequately imo.  the main lateral loading is via the flex induced
at 
>> the bb, and this has none.  yes, it has some through the quasi "mixte" 
>> seat stays, but i have trouble believing that'll be adequate once you 
>> get the vehicle out of the parking lot.

Zoot Katz wrote:
> Having owned an Xtracycle for a year during which I rode it as my
> daily mount for five months, both light and laden, perhaps too much
> is being made of "lateral stiffness". 
> 
> Sure it flexes and that is perhaps just the nature of the beast. That
> and a few other handling issues presents a short learning curve.
> 
> The way the bike is loaded affects its handling more than could be
> compensated by any reasonable amount of truss work, IMO.
> 
> That these longtail bikes are beginning to be introduced now
> indicates that the market is ready for them. They're attractive to
> people contemplating going car-free or reducing their number of
> automobile trips. There's bound to be some sorting out of design
> issues with the bikes. It's disappointing that Kona didn't include
> mounting for side-loaders. I think motorising them will become a
> popular modification. 
> . . . that and a keg carrying sidecar.

Been done, and nicely, by Phil Van Valkenberg, famous for his "Queen of 
Sheba" bike/sidecar/keg often seen leading The Fat Tire Tour of (where 
else??) Milkaukee!
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