An interesting day on my bicycle

[BailOut]

Great stuff, twowheels!

Where did you get that cart from? And how well (or how much worse) does your bike handle with all those loaded panniers?

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by BailOut

Great stuff, twowheels!

Where did you get that cart from? And how well (or how much worse) does your bike handle with all those loaded panniers?

I guess you didn't follow the links below the images. :-)

The 'cart' was originally a child trailer that I removed the top portion of and replaced with a wooden frame -- pictures of the process are on my blog in Part 1 of the Kayak trailer project. Notice that it's the same trailer for the Kayak and for the brick saw -- there's an attachment that I put on/take off depending on the load.

As for the handling fully loaded... it handled great. During my multi day tour that is represented by that picture I descended hills at 40+ MPH and climbed 10+% grades and descended 14% grades. When I ride that bike to work (I ride that one a bit more than half of the time) I usually carry just those two front bags. The steering is a bit slower, but if anything it dampens the bumps and makes it ride more like a Cadillac of bikes; steers slow, but rides smooth.