I recently made some fork harnesses that let me strap my tent base (without poles) on one side of the fork, strap my mattress and other inflatables on the other side. I put a small rack on the front to hold my sleeping bag. I used to have low riders and my front panniers were three pounds. This new set up has me loosing close to five pounds. With my panniers, I made a "pannier lock", just a simple wing nutted cam that held the top of the panniers down, so there's no way they would ever jump off.