Fork bags.
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Fork bags.
Haven't used them yet but will need to next year hopefully and wondering where is the weight best carried to effect the steering the least. My bike, Surly ECR, has two sets of mounts per leg. So which is better, infront of the fork or behind?
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Bearbonesnorm
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Re: Fork bags.
Behind will generally have a stabilising / self centering effect. In front will do the opposite.
May the bridges you burn light your way
Re: Fork bags.
Behind for me, keeps the weight inside the axle, also the bags are slightly less exposed.
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Re: Fork bags.
Thanks chaps. Much as I'd suspected. I've always run the bottle cages behind the fork leg but more from an imagined aerodynamic 
advantage than anything else
advantage than anything else
Re: Fork bags.
My Silk Road only has rearward facing mounts. Have done a few (local) trips with fully loaded PX fork bags and was surprised that I quickly forgot they were there once riding!