Originally Posted by
John Nelson
Are you sure it's flex? If a lot of weight is behind the rear axle, it will pull up on the front of the bike making it feel very squirrelly. Look at the loaded rear wheel from the side and see where the pannier is relative to the rear hub. Try moving the panniers as far forward as you can without causing heel strike.
Thats a good question. I did have to set the panniers back a bit because of heel strike and squirly would certainly be a word I would use to describe how the handling felt.
Here is a pick of the loaded rig, what do you think?
Would adding front panniers help compensate for this potentially?