Originally Posted by
bici_mania
I hope to eventually swap the frame out with a size or to larger but it should get me through a fall and winter of commuting. I have never used panniers before, always carrying everything in a back-pack. I am in the process of sewing together a pannier so that I can get the weight off my back.
That's the other nice thing about a mtb drop bar conversion. Parts are almost all universal, and there are so many deals on mtbs out there, it should be easy to swap out later.