Originally Posted by bradw
BTW, I noticed you have quite a load on the rear rack. Is there a reason you haven't used a front rack/panniers? Or, like me, you could put everything you needed on back and in a handlebar bag?
I'd like to get a front rack and panniers for my next trip to even up the weight distribution.
Yeah, basically I'm just a cheap bastard and didn't want to shell out the money for the front setup. It was a bit unevenly loaded, but actually still rode pretty well. It's a pretty burley handlebar bag, so I really did have quite a bit of weight there as well.