I am cycling for 5 days in southern France this year and need some help with my packing...
I have a 42 litre set of rear bags and will be carrying my clothing and general stuff in there with my tent on top of the rack.
I will be travelling generally light, other than the tent and sleeping gear, but i am worried about overloading the rear rack and breaking the wheel.
What i would like to know is would i be best of strapping my sleeping bag and mat either side of a front rack in order to balance the bike....? I don't really want to fork out for front bags just to put these in so would it be acceptable to just strap the sleeping bag and mat directly onto a front rack?
If i put the mat and sleeping bag in my rear panniers i feel i takes up a little too much of the space.
I don't have a front rack yet but i'm worried about breaking my new trek 7300!!!
Dan
I have a 42 litre set of rear bags and will be carrying my clothing and general stuff in there with my tent on top of the rack.
I will be travelling generally light, other than the tent and sleeping gear, but i am worried about overloading the rear rack and breaking the wheel.
What i would like to know is would i be best of strapping my sleeping bag and mat either side of a front rack in order to balance the bike....? I don't really want to fork out for front bags just to put these in so would it be acceptable to just strap the sleeping bag and mat directly onto a front rack?
If i put the mat and sleeping bag in my rear panniers i feel i takes up a little too much of the space.
I don't have a front rack yet but i'm worried about breaking my new trek 7300!!!
Dan