Just wondering if you weighed that load. I'd guess you had 40 / 50 pounds on the rear wheel. How did the bike handle with that much weight? I carried two 40 pound bags of ice one evening last summer and my bike was a little squirrly so I took it easy for the 1/2 mile ride home.
Tom

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