I'm in Croatia, and my spring is red because I had an upgraded 3 stage spring made for long distance touring 2 up.
I've got the 73l panniers too. Using them in anger for the first time in a couple of weeks. Slightly dreading how large they are. That said, we're off to Spain, which is largely devoid of traffic, so shouldn't be an issue (at least where we're going!).
oow Spain, it's been 38deg here that's 15 deg more than I like god only knows what Spain will be like. SCORCHIO!!!!!!