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Old 07-14-25 | 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by iiibusta
I'm always afraid of panniers throwing off the balance of the bike. I may be wrong.
Of course, you are totally wrong, people have been riding bikes for over 100 years with panniers all over the world and no one worried about balance.

This guy rode around the world like this:

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This is an oddity, check out the size of the bike, it's one of those suitcase bikes, and he also traveled around the world on this thing:
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Speaking of balance issues, try riding these:
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