Originally Posted by wfisher

Whenever I use my folding bike (a Dahon Speed D7) I'm generally carrying a lot of stuff with me. It's usually a big school-size backpack filled to the brim. The problem is, I hate to carry this very heavy load on my back because it gets painful after even a couple miles. Is there ANY way to carry this load on my bike? I have no idea how I'd strap to a rack because the rack is just a wire frame and a few bungee cords won't keep my backpack from falling over.

More importantly, how does anybody utilize the rack on the Dahons??? I can't think of one easy to way to carry any load on suck a rack without a complex system of bungee cords, tape or tie-downs none of which are even remotely as easy as sticking something in a milk create. How do you all use your folding bike racks? Thanks.