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06-21-11, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by sedges

You will need narrow paniers on a mountain bike for heel clearance. Arkel make a wonderful one.

http://www.arkel-od.com/us/all-categ...cessories.html

If you travel very light on a credit card tour and you know for sure you won't have to camp a large expandable trunk bag may be enough and you can do without panniers. To that you could add a large handlebar bag for some extra space.

http://www.banjobrothers.com/product...-rack-top-bag/

http://www.banjobrothers.com/product...handlebar-bag/

Thanks for the info.... Just the kind of help direction I can use. And yep totally forgot about heel clearance. Last summer I put a big-ole basket on the back of my other mountain bike for taking packages to the post office. I had to cut and bend a couple of ribs (for lack of a better term) on the basket for my heels to clear.

Jay....

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