Originally Posted by
kingston
I have the Revelate Pika which claims to need only 6.5" of clearance. I used it on a brevet once and didn't like how inaccessible everything was. Seemed like no matter what I wanted it was at the bottom of the bag. Whatever speed advantage I may have gained from dropping the weight of the rack I lost many times over digging around for stuff in the bag at controls. Other than that it's a nice bag. I use it a lot, just not on brevets.
Yeah, the Pika was the one that was too tight -- although IIRC it was my other bike I tried it on, which has the same saddle position and same wheel size but wider (and thus taller) tires.
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rhm -- that's a good idea and I appreciate the offer -- I actually have several ex-fenders I could cannibalize since I had some front ones crack while the rears were OK.