Low rider bicycle luggage carrier

Tubus Tara low rider luggage carrier mounted on a green Genesis Fortitude Adventure bicycle.

A low rider is type of luggage carrier for bicycles on which luggage can be carried with a low center of gravity. Low riders are most commonly used by cycling tourists who carry luggage in panniers on the front wheel.

For optimal balance the luggage on a front carrier should be placed low, and as closely as possible to the steering axis (in line with the head tube, a little behind the front wheel axis).[1]

  1. ^ van der Plas, Rob (1999). Handboek Fietstechniek [Manual bicycle technology] (in Dutch) (3 ed.). Rijswijk: Uitgeverij Elmar BV. p. 203,204. ISBN 90-389-0896-2.