Originally Posted by
h_curtis
I have a large waterproof blue bag that I bought for a trip down the Allagash River in Maine that took 8 days. It is a great bag that seals and floats and I put everything in it. Two of us went down in a canoe and were very lightly packed. No place to get food or water for those 8 days. Riding a bike, you don't have to plan like that since you will be amongst people much of the time, but it was a good learning experience and it seems to me, I could put most things in that bag and have that on a rear rack and the remainder on the front rack and a handlebar bag for wallet, lock and things I need fast or easy. Am I out of my mind?
sounds like an NRS dry bag with shoulder straps. No you aren't out of your mind, you're applying your experience to a new challenge. You may find that a big blue bag loaded up full and placed on the rear rack will be an ungainly load to secure and it will move your cg to far back. The other problem is that for the same rims, spokes and number of spokes front wheels are stronger than rear wheels so putting too much weight on the rear wheel negatively affects handling and overly stresses the rear wheel to failure.