Rear rack loading

[pekingduck]

Well, it's not about how much weight the rack will hold as how it will make the bike handle. Of course, the weight recommendation is on the conservative side, but you know somebody's going to put a milk crate full of old brake rotors in it and at the first S-bend, it'll wag the dog, and the next-of-kin's lawyers will be looking to put his kids through college off it.