Quote Originally Posted by Torrilin View Post
Not fun! I'm glad you're ok, that could have turned out really badly.

I did a fair bit of poking around before I bought my rack, because my grocery loads can get pretty heavy (45 lbs is not unusual). Ended up with a Jandd Expedition rack, which I'm liking a great deal. Every local bike shop blanched at the thought of a seatpost rack with my usual grocery loads.
Maybe I should look into a different rack if loads like this are going to become a regular occurrence (usually my grocery loads are more like 15 pounds). Would having it attached lower on the bike rather than to the seat post make a big difference in the handling when loaded? The load would still be up fairly high because I put it all in that plastic crate that I've attached on top of the rack (today it was piled quite high, which didn't help the weight distribution).