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Originally Posted by jemister I'm planning on a very very light transamerica tour with Fuji Team Pro bike. It has a 56 inch C4 Monocoque-Carbon frameset with 16 and 20 spoke 700x23 (22?) Shimano wheels. I weigh around 140 and planning on a 20-35 lb. load. Any suggestions about racks or panniers? Does a trailer put too much stress on the forks? What exactly is the weight limit? |
30 plus lbs. hanging off the back of that bike will make it squirrely, that comes from experience, not mine personally but a friend riding along side me for over 300 miles. I had front and rear panniers on a on an older Schwinn with a heavy Al frame. It rode quite stable with the weight distributed evenly front and rear.
Since my bike was not a touring bike and thus had no eyelets for attaching pannier racks I used a rear rack that clamped to the seat post and a front rack that attached with clamps to the fork. I also used a handlebar bag and trunk rack.
If you keep your load around 20 lbs on a rear rack I think you'd be OK. A trailer will add something like 20 lbs to your load upping your total (high end) to over 50 lbs. a real ***** to pull on hills.
One more note on rear panniers on a racing bike is your heals may hit the panniers because of the short chain stays.