Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
A pannier on one side of the rear rack does change the balance but hardly enough to notice. You might notice you need to lean a little against it when hands-off peeling your breakfast banana. I have not tried panniers in the front but imagine they might be a little more challenging. I like rear racks but somehow don't presently have a bike with one. For my commute as it is now, since they gave us all big laptops, I carry the laptop backpack.
I've also gotten tank-slapper with a trunk bag. Both bikes that did it were classic steel road bikes. A MTB from circa Y2K, on which I also used the same bag, had no such behavior.
It's ok. Traffic on this subforum feels welcome.
I understand. I do get a little annoyed at times by random comments by newbies that really do not address the question posed by an OP. They often reek of bots.