>>2020459Mostly food but also general goods and oddities, whatever I can carry. At first not seeing my tire felt weird but after getting used to it I realized looking down is a bad habit, look forward, not down. Yes the weight slows handling but as long as the bag and its contents are secured, the handling won't be affected too badly. It's when the bag or items inside it are loose (or carrying liquids) there's a counter acting mass that prevents the bike from leaning into a turn acting like a mass damper. In regards to fore-aft balance, it's only a problem when unmounted. While mounted I weight much more than the maximum load rating of 55lbs so the center of gravity and balance is still within my control, unmounted though, the bike absolutely will fall forwards when fully loaded. Balancing the load is always a fun mini-game before the actual delivery game
>>2020481oh it's absolutely uncomfortable, the bag has a frame that prevents me from holding the tops and drops properly. This bag wasn't intended for this bike but when I noticed it fits, I started using it with this bike as well, I just don't work using this bike as much as I used to. The first 6 months of courier work I did was with a rear rack but there's some flaws with the rear rack I don't like. First is handling, I find muscling the load through a corner easier than finessing the bike from low side sliding, especially with maximum loads. Second is short chainstays, I like snappy handling and rear racks/panniers requires long chainstays to prevent heel strikes. Third, I like to cowboy swing my leg lol, can't do that with large bag on a rear rack.
>>20204909 years of riding my bike all day every day now
