Originally Posted by Santaria

Here's the catch. I use my bike for everything. I ride to work, school, grocery store. I'm looking into a trailer and my wife has even agreed NOT to utilize her mini-van anymore than we absolutely need to. So what that means is that the bike has to either hold up to a load on a rear rack, or be stable enough to hold me+my backpack with anywhere from 15-45 lbs. of junk/books/food at any given time.