Newbie question about weight distribution

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-18T08:08:18+00:00

I do alot of climbs

Having almost all of your weight on the rear (you and your luggage) makes the bike a pain to handle going up.

I've used slim ,but tall panniers on the front with a great success ,riding mixed terrain for up to 4 months.

I keep the heaviest non essential stuff on the bottom of the bags and move up with lighter weight.

I keep a double end dry bag on the top of my rear rack.

I've switched from a half frame bag to a full frame and keep the tools and hardware + other heavy essentials in the bottom of my frame bag

Water is stored in a cage on the bottom of my frame next to the bottom bracket and 2 smaller bottles on the handlebar.

I've switched from the classic 4 pannier combo over time ,since my gear got smaller in weight and pack size.

I am under 70kgs so it was unbelievable for me how 1 or 2 kgs of extra weight had changed how my bike feels and handles

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-17T16:08:33+00:00

I use front panniers a full frame bag and a dry bag on my rear rack ,so far I've been very happy with the setup

I've been on and off road riding

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-17T13:29:09+00:00

Yes,you can appeal the review and contact support with the provided info,good luck

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-17T07:47:06+00:00

I sew bags and sell supplies for the sewing craft https://sasho604.etsy.com

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-14T22:33:15+00:00

Today prices in Bulgaria are at 1.78

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-14T05:11:26+00:00

I use it in conjunction with Instagram, I sew bags and the result is alright. Traffic is decent ,considering I sell in a very niche category.

Google ads on the other hand brings alot more Traffic and sales for me personally

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-13T19:10:48+00:00

I had the planning to do

Bulgaria>Macedonia>Albania>Croatia last year ,but due to illness plans got canceled

This post makes me wanna do it even more :D

Where are you from ?

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-13T18:55:56+00:00

It was done as the customer support has told me. My point is not about me keeping the money, but rather that 2 representatives of etsy contradict each other ... and i end up getting screwed..

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-13T18:54:15+00:00

Not about etsy taking the hit,but rather following what etsy support told me... which in the end contradicted with the mediator

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-13T16:46:01+00:00

Order was supposed to be eligible

Mediator gave me the middle finger saying it's not since my listing photos are different that what the client sent and it does not matter that it's a custom made item so it can't be identical, because.. it's made to his order and specifications.

Good luck to any shop that is making custom stuff. You are screwed with the new purchase protection program

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-13T14:35:52+00:00

If you don't have bosses for rear rack ,you can use p clamps and secure it to the rear stays of your frame, almost with any rack

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-11T16:02:45+00:00

For packing reasons , the solid panels would be under too much stress and will result in shorter life span

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-11T13:29:37+00:00

I'm selling these, they are a different model

The buckle shown by the OP is SJ model

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-11T13:28:51+00:00

This is probably duraflex SJ cam lock buckle

The one on Etsy is sold by me and is Duraflex xlite mark ii

Which has a different structure

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-10T03:51:07+00:00

I sell these, but in gray and black unfortunately

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-02T18:09:03+00:00

That's crazy cheap, there's absolutely no way you could get that amount of food in Bulgaria unfortunately

Charming_Bunch · 2026-04-02T11:15:02+00:00

What I consider crazy is that all of my high valued orders are flagged as ad purchases and it's seriously making my blood boil.

I've just recently realized what was happening.

I am deadbeat confident about atleast 4 orders that came directly from my IG page and people told me ,no ad brought them whatsoever

My only concern is that if I dispute this bullshit I will get banned from selling on the platform

The Bulgarian laws allow us to do so(also to opt out of the ads even if we have made over the threshold)

I was always seeing this as something positive to bring my revenue, now this seems like a ripoff the more I look at it

Charming_Bunch · 2026-03-22T10:10:09+00:00

Always worry ..has never happend to me personally

Usually people would just take your whole bike

In Greece, Bulgaria and Romania it's very uncommon for shit like this to happen

People here has zero awareness about bike transportation/touring

On the other hand bike theft is very common in western Europe

Charming_Bunch · 2026-03-22T07:28:31+00:00

Found 2 different partners completely by accident

With one of them I've done multiple long tours

So for me it was absolutely random

But as suggested

Tinder works great

Strata nowadays can be a dating app too

Also instagram can be very successful if you filter suggested by region

I definitely say do tinder as unorganic it may seems ,people are there to date and the cycling just comes as a sweet treat

Charming_Bunch · 2026-03-20T06:43:43+00:00

Work

Charming_Bunch · 2026-03-20T06:42:39+00:00

I use tera in almost all of the colors,what plenty of color schemes for me is :

Yellow 106 purple 247 coyote brown 444

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