Originally Posted by
boomhauer
Some don't have enough stuff to justify front panniers.
Originally Posted by
andrewclaus
Ditto this.
If you can drop an entire rack and two packs, you start really getting ahead of the game in weight savings.
What's important to me is being able to ride fully loaded no-handed, and I can do that with my rear-only set-up.
If you get light enough, say under 20 pounds, it doesn't really matter much where you put it. A friend of mine with that kind of load can even ride with it on his back and he uses his carbon frame road bike. He couldn't be happier.
Perhaps I need to clarify. I'm not talking about people going light, so therefore have no need or concern with this issue. I'm talking about people who have quite a bit, but still cram it all on the rear of the bike, placing more weight on the rear wheel than they likely should.