dogman dan
1 PW
Edited, I did have it bass akwards yesterday. But I belive the affect of the weight, whether on the wheel or on the frame to be true in my opinon.
Unsprung weight is on the wheel, between the road and the springs. So your wheel, rack, hubmotor, and swingarm is unsprung weight. Everything above that, frame rider, upper part of the forks, etc is sprung weight. Ideally of course, the sprung weight stays still, while the unsprung weight goes crazy.
So the rack on your bike, is unsprung weight. Like I said, some big debates can form on what's best. I think for sure, I want my battery riding where the shocks are keeping the vibrations to the minimum. But my bike is likely to handle a lot more top heavy as a result. For street riding, I can live with it.
Lots of unsprung weight slows the wheel hop down, sort of like the rebound adjustment on your shocks. So if you have the right amount of unsprung weight, maybe you just simply use less rebound. The key thing is that the bike suspension is tunable, so both of us can just adjust the suspension to a decent ride. To some extent, unsprung weight may be a good thing, but then becomes a bad thing when it gets to be too much. Too little weight, and you have to crank the rebound so the super light wheel doesn't bounce too fast.
Unsprung weight is on the wheel, between the road and the springs. So your wheel, rack, hubmotor, and swingarm is unsprung weight. Everything above that, frame rider, upper part of the forks, etc is sprung weight. Ideally of course, the sprung weight stays still, while the unsprung weight goes crazy.
So the rack on your bike, is unsprung weight. Like I said, some big debates can form on what's best. I think for sure, I want my battery riding where the shocks are keeping the vibrations to the minimum. But my bike is likely to handle a lot more top heavy as a result. For street riding, I can live with it.
Lots of unsprung weight slows the wheel hop down, sort of like the rebound adjustment on your shocks. So if you have the right amount of unsprung weight, maybe you just simply use less rebound. The key thing is that the bike suspension is tunable, so both of us can just adjust the suspension to a decent ride. To some extent, unsprung weight may be a good thing, but then becomes a bad thing when it gets to be too much. Too little weight, and you have to crank the rebound so the super light wheel doesn't bounce too fast.