Originally Posted by
Dvdvija
Wouldn't you want to use front panier to help balance the load? I'm thinking if you have all the loads in the back and you are trying to ride up hill, your front wheel will want to get off the ground.
you've not toured before have you?
For this to happen, you'd have to be starting on a 20% + slope, aimed straight up,and not leaning forward when standing.
I've toured rear load only in Latin America with very steep sections, and it's easy enough not to have this happen.
I guess I can see how you could imagine this happening, but it's fairly easy to avoid this, and it's very rare to encounter such steep hills, and it's easy to start at an angle or almost sideways on road.