The photos of this bike above the luggage options you're using on it were a great help for me in preparing for a ride I did along the Shimanami Kaido back in October 2018, and the Shimanami Kaido + Tobishima Kaido in November 2020. So a very belated thank you for that! FWIW the load capacity of the Tern Luggage Truss works just fine for me, and I suspect the 7kg figure is quite conservative anyway. Any more than 7kg total and you're carrying to much stuff!

Dahon Speed D8 (modded to 10 speed with Zee RD - again thanks for the tip) on (near) Okumura Island, Seto Inland Sea, October 2018


Tern X11 on Kamikamagari Island, Seto Inland Sea, November 2020.