Seat bags ?

[ROADHOG]

why seat bags and not a rack with top and/or side bags ? Not to load the rack bags with a stove or rock collection but as a similar load but lower center of gravity.

[Adam Alphabet]

If you type 'seatbag vs rack' in the search function you'll find a few threads with more than a few answers and opinions.

[ROADHOG]

 
 Thanks, I'll look this evening. I gotta clean the trash from the van's hold.

 Meanwhile,

LIGHTER IS FASTER !  NO QUESTION.

IS THAT THE GOAL ? FASTER ?

IS FASTER MORE IMPORTANT THAN CAMPING ?

IS THERE A WEIGHT LIMIT CONSENSUS FOR FASTER
AND/OR A WEIGHT LIMIT CONSENSUS FOR SAFER ?

IS MORE WEIGHT-AS RACK WEIGHT VS CENTER OF GRAVITY- LESS OBJECTIONABLE WITH THE ADDED WEIGHT OF CAMPING EQUIPMENT ?

IS THIS A ‘DISCIPLINE’ THAT IS, IS LESS WEIGHT LESS CAMPING A MORE RIGOROUS EXPERIENCE IN FASTER THE TOTAL GOAL ?

WHAT IS THE AVERAGE WEIGHT OF THE ‘SETUPS’ CAMPING EQUIPMENT ?

THE AVERAGE WEIGHT OF THE SEAT BAG CONTENTS ?

IF THE RIDER IS OLD AND SLOW, IS SAFER ON DIRT MORE SAFE WITH LESS WEIGHT THAN THAT EQUATION ON ASPHALT ?

THE ‘SETUPS’ PLACE MORE WEIGHT ON FRONT END THAN REAR !  ON ASPHALT THAT IS A CONSENSUS NEGATIVE BUT HERE NOT. WHAT’S THE STORY THERE ? FRONT STEER IN IS NEEDED OUTBACK ?

BTW….before searching online but after acquiring the bike/basic equipment, the area you're in was unknown to me.

[ROADHOG]

 the answers may lie in Utube !