>>976573keeping the front load down low height-wise helps, and I have a wheel stabilizer, too.
I don't like loading the back up heavy because in urban riding I'm stopped or off the bike a lot and the load in back leverages against the whole length of the frame and makes the headset want to jack-knife. with the load in front, I can just easily hold it there with my body right over the wheel.
plus, I reserve the back for 15-20 lb bag of dogfood and then crushable items stacked on that. so there's often some weight back there but less than up front and it seems to balance out better. whatever, it works for me. if I was touring I'd concentrate the weight more rearward but for how I use this bike, my way has been working better than when I had only rear panniers.
>>976567>>976578>>975195I don't have a pepperoni one right now, but the box for the bacon-and-Canadian-bacon one I have says 6 servings @ 310 calories per serving making it 1860 total calories, so the first guy was right. and yes, this is in the USA. and no, I've never looked any of this stuff up before, because as I said, I'm built like a twig and always have been. so there's absolutely no incentive for me to care about any of that stuff. I do eat a lot of fresh fruit, trail mix, whole grains, and salads though, just because I like it
