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I am a tall guy and have what seems to me to be a bulky sleeping bag (Cat's Meow 20+ long). I have lashed it to the front platform with compression straps:
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The picture is most informative. I am toying with the idea of putting all my camping gear (tent, ground sheet, sleeping bag, sleeping pad and stove) in a five gallong plastic bucket and lashing it to the front rack. That way I could set up camp without getting into the panniers, and the bucket would be a useful item at primative campsites (something to sit on, gather water in, table, gathering firewood etc.) I would look like an idiot, but I would enjoy that!