Originally Posted by bmthom.gis

I'm just thinking of the flexy seatpost that comes on the CDale Synapse. You can already (by design) feel it flex in certain circumstances, I'm just wondering if a bikepack would exaggerate it. I recently watched Inspired to Ride and those guys and gals mostly had the same setup, albeit even lighter than yours (bivy sacks instead of tents, and aero bars with sleeping pad wedged between the bars, focused more on speed than carrying comforts). Seems like a great setup for touring on a road bike.

I'm amused by how much corrado feels he has to voice his disapproval of the CF rack on multiple pages.