leitch
Feelin' a bit rrranty
Dude this makes precisely zero sense. Unless you’re strapping shit to your fork legs or rear triangle like precisely no one (other than bike-packers which is a different matter), things on your bike are not unsprung weight.I'm the opposite - keep as much off the bike as possible. Stuff on the bike is "unsprung" weight, i like to keep everything in the camelbak where it doesn't effect handling.
Weight on your back however definitely does affect handling because it raises your centre of mass and flops around all over the place.