The load was probably closer to 60 lbs, I was carrying most of the water and all of the food plus the tools I always carry. It did get a little squirrly early on in the trip but after redistributing the load more evenly on both sides of my bike it handled fine.

I was amazed how fast I was able to go with all of that stuff on there, I took it up to 38.6 on an empty country road with a slight downhill incline, but mostly I kept to the 20 mph speed limit.