Originally Posted by
colleen c
no1mad, been following your thread with racks and pannier bag. Instead trunk rack bag, I just installed a
Escape Pod from Planetbike. I can fit a small to medium size light duty back pack inside the pod and take the backpack with me with most of my stuff. It is water resistant. I also mod some pannier to bolt onto the pod which raised the bottom of the pannier. I didn't have any heel strike to begin with but did notice the gain of clearance. I also mod the back with a bar to attach all goodies of rear lightsThe cost of the Pod is about $54. Pricey? Yes and no because some trunk bag can approach that price range.
Those are sold under a number of brand names. you can find them fro $34 on Amazon as the "swagman whee pod".
I have considered one of those for my Mountain bike made commuter due to the water proof and hard shell that mud would clean off of easily.
See if this link works.
http://www.amazon.com/Swagman-Whee-R...ef=cm_cmu_pg_t