Originally Posted by
cyccommute
…Short version: the bike handles best with more of the load carried low and forward.

Is it a perspective of the picture, but it looks like your front pannier is almost scraping the road!!?
Leaning into a curve at speed and hit the bag on the road will spin the bike and throw you off for sure.
edit: looks like standard Tara and Frontrollers on 26” wheels, neh? So can’t be as weird as the picture looks