My wife and I used to tour on our tandem with just a pair of extremely large home made front panniers. We would tour for up to a month at a time with that setup. I certainly preferred the handling with that setup compared to having the load split front and rear. You do need a rack that can take the load, though. We broke a couple of Blackburn lowrider racks before buying a Bruce Gordon, which is still going strong over 30 years later.
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