Racks and Luggage for Folders?

[emily_in_nc]

As far as front and back - if you are carrying a full load, I agree with Emily that balancing front and back is a good idea. But - if you're only carrying a few things at a time (~10 lbs or less), I've not noticed a handling problem (and I don't have a front rack at all).

Good point -- I was thinking more of some of our grocery runs in Chapel Hill/Carrboro, where we'd buy bags of apples, carrots, beans, veggies from the farmer's market, wine, and the like, so the panniers got pretty heavy! In that case, it's best to split between front and rear panniers, or put everything in the front. But with a light load, rear panniers only are fine.

I am thinking you do have to use special racks because of the small wheel size, but I can't recall for sure. We went ahead and bought racks directly from Green Gear (Bike Friday) at the same time as we bought our bikes.