Comments on: Surly Releases the Porteur House Front Bag for their Porteur Rack https://www.cyclingabout.com/surly-releases-porteur-house-front-bags/ Bikepacking, Bicycle Touring, Equipment, Testing, Videos Wed, 27 Dec 2023 16:00:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.2 By: Lez https://www.cyclingabout.com/surly-releases-porteur-house-front-bags/#comment-2446 Thu, 25 Aug 2016 10:02:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=8055#comment-2446 Yes adding weight does effect bike handelling. Takes about 5 min to get used to and I actually prefer the handelling of a front loaded touring bike. Don’t worry to much just get out and ride.

]]> By: Zak https://www.cyclingabout.com/surly-releases-porteur-house-front-bags/#comment-1835 Mon, 21 Mar 2016 18:50:00 +0000 https://www.cyclingabout.com/?p=8055#comment-1835 I’m still a newbie when it comes to all things touring & so people, please pipe in to correct me but the only way that I can see for any cyclist to carry more than nominal amounts of weight (10 kgs+) on the front of the bike without affecting steering appears to be to use a frame mounted front rack like one of the following:

http://www.reallyusefulbikes.co.uk/_shop/carrier-racks-front/down-tube-mounted-dutch-rack/

Anybody has any experience with this style of rack and touring; because to me, the surly porteur house rack appears better suited with one of these frame racks than their own fork mounted porteur racks?

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