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06-28-2004, 08:20 AM

> If you ever try it, you might be surprised at what you can ride a BOB
over.
> Having pulled a trailer bike through fairly "serious" singletrack for
several
> years may have prepared me better for it. A trailer even helps a lot on
steep
> downhills, it prevents endo's by keeping the rear end down. For drops, the
> trailer just catches a little air, no big deal unless the cargo is
fragile, I
> reduced a tin of cookies to powder... For rocks, just like a back wheel,
it
> will pretty much roll over anything you get the front wheel over, up to
the
> limit of where you snag the front, a crash plate might be handy, although
the
> frame tube takes most of the abuse, and it has a sort of plastic skid
plate on
> it. Otherwise, weight is just weight, I didn't find towing a BOB affected
my
> ability to hold a line.

Possibly, we could carry enough for a picknick but in the areas where we
ride http://www.lowdin.nu/Mtbruntuppsala/English.html it would not work
well, yes, we could possibly get BOBs through but at a risk of damaging the
rear forks on the bikes, particularly at the wooden planks
http://www.lowdin.nu/Mtbruntuppsala/.../lunsenl2i.jpg that are all
over. On fine winding singletrack it would be different. Now, if you enjoy
riding technical stuff with a BOB it is fine with me. We just have different
preferences.

Per
http://lowdin.nu

06-28-2004, 08:20 AM	#196 (permalink)
Per Löwdin Posts: n/a	Re: Cargo Rack on MTB - Considerations? > If you ever try it, you might be surprised at what you can ride a BOB over. > Having pulled a trailer bike through fairly "serious" singletrack for several > years may have prepared me better for it. A trailer even helps a lot on steep > downhills, it prevents endo's by keeping the rear end down. For drops, the > trailer just catches a little air, no big deal unless the cargo is fragile, I > reduced a tin of cookies to powder... For rocks, just like a back wheel, it > will pretty much roll over anything you get the front wheel over, up to the > limit of where you snag the front, a crash plate might be handy, although the > frame tube takes most of the abuse, and it has a sort of plastic skid plate on > it. Otherwise, weight is just weight, I didn't find towing a BOB affected my > ability to hold a line. Possibly, we could carry enough for a picknick but in the areas where we ride http://www.lowdin.nu/Mtbruntuppsala/English.html it would not work well, yes, we could possibly get BOBs through but at a risk of damaging the rear forks on the bikes, particularly at the wooden planks http://www.lowdin.nu/Mtbruntuppsala/.../lunsenl2i.jpg that are all over. On fine winding singletrack it would be different. Now, if you enjoy riding technical stuff with a BOB it is fine with me. We just have different preferences. Per http://lowdin.nu