The one thing I hear over and over in different blogs or forums is make sure you try all your gear ahead of time.

We have tried out all our gear in various ways but the biggest help to me is loading the bikes over and over. I have purchased extra straps to help secure our gear to the handlebars. I really don’t like feeling my bags move around and by pre-riding the setups, we have been able to come up with a good system.  Here are a few pics to show our setup. I will create an actual gear page when I get time to figure out this blog setup.