Originally Posted by
eggnoggbubble
that's awesome, if i wanted to carry more than my PR front basket could handle that fixed front basket over a 20inch wheel is definitely the way I'd go, I had that arrangement on my Bike Friday Haul-a-day and it was awesome, so useful I rarely used the back (once my kids had outgrown riding on it). Which is one of the experiences that pushed me toward the front-basket pack rat...
I generally dislike carrying weight on my bike but if I have to, I definitely prefer it in the front. The 20in wheel with a lower basket also works better for me since I'm vertically challenged. On a 43cm frame, there'd be little clearance between the rack and handlebars without a stack of spacers (like you seem to have
) with the stock fork. The small wheel is nice because drops the rack about . . . Well 6 inches. Is it really drastically different riding unloaded?