I never weighed my bags but might have been slightly over the limit for my rear rack. One of the bolts flew off at one point. I survived a flat and also rear brake pads going missing (still puzzled by what happened). I couldn’t have any front mounted panniers on this so I went for the two ortliebs and rack bag. In hindsight maybe I’d have had a handlebar bag or something.
I had no major issues from lack of gears available. I had the gearing lowered substantially (possibly too low, I might change back for city riding). My lowest was about 27 gear inches, I think? I took my sweet time and got there, in the end. The weather was perfect, with only one day of very light rain.
by DuckDuckSnoo
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One thing I love about cycling is it’s probably the only sport where fat guys like me can do amazing feats that even folks who go to the gym every day would be hard pressed to do.