Originally Posted by
PaulRivers
One thing to keep in mind is that it's true that if you have a twitchy, road race bike and you're trying to carry something really heavy on the back like a laptop, even with a rack the handling of the bike might change dramatically. Maybe.
The handling characteristics of the bike change, for sure,
regardless of what bike you attach a rack and load to. It's then, merely a matter of getting used to it.
That said, I think that a bike with a more relaxed geometry handles the change a bit better than would a crit bike...
