Originally Posted by
Garthr
I'm thinking those Bike Friday Bikes are fun to ride ! They even make ones for us tall people with long TT's. I'd spec it with Albatross bars. For touring though .... I don't know if the chainstays are long enough for size 15 feet and 185mm cranks and bags.
my $.02 is to not bother with rear panniers for 20" folders and configure the lowest mounted rear rack so that all the gear piles up vertically to the seat tube then put panniers on the front and a duffle on the front of the steerer tube. I don't think it makes sense to hang weight far aft if the chainstays aren't long enough. It takes some searching around but you can put together a rear rack that sits a couple inches above the tire with room for a fender and that way all the gear is between your heel strike radius.