James wrote:
Dan O wrote:
On Oct 9, 8:08 pm, James wrote:
landotter wrote:

It's fairly useless. Drops on a longtail are dumb as hell, as you need
the leverage of a wide bar.
Please, do tell what you are levering against? Why is this leverage
necessary on a longtail and not a fully loaded touring bike?


weight

I am waiting ;-)

I never needed extra wide bars on my touring bike when fully packed for
a week of camping.

I think it may have to do with the slower response of a very long
wheelbase. To make up for the slower response, you have to input more
steering motion while balancing at low speeds.

I've done only a short test ride on a longtail cargo bike, but I've done
many miles on a tandem. Our tandem has drop bars. At very slow speeds,
I have to put some muscle into steering - much more than on my loaded
touring bike.

In fact, on two occasions I broke front spokes on the tandem while
balancing slow and turning sharply in parking lots.

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- Frank Krygowski