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Old 09-04-11 | 10:26 PM
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Don't You Just Hate It When . . . .

You put on a new rack only to find out you now suffer from heel strike when you mount the pannier.

Looks like going back to the old rack for now.
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Old 09-04-11 | 11:22 PM
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Is your rack long enough for you to mount the panniers farther back?
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Old 09-05-11 | 12:38 AM
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Nope, never had that problem.
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Old 09-05-11 | 12:16 PM
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Is your rack long enough for you to mount the panniers farther back?
The pannier is as far back as it can go. Eh, to be fair to the bike, bag, and new rack, the bike's chain stay isn't really long and it's got no mounting holes, so I had to P-clamp it. Such is life.
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Old 09-05-11 | 12:23 PM
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Buy a new bike!!!

Any excuse!! N+1 = GREAT thing!
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Old 09-05-11 | 12:40 PM
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Been there. What kind of panniers do you have? Mine aren't very robust, but some are. On my huge grocery pannier, I had to remove the mounting clip and move it farther forward.
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Old 09-05-11 | 01:32 PM
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Yup, did that too!

Solution: Put a Coke crate on top of the rack and zip tie it down. Now I use a bungy cord to keep my 30 litre See Bag secure inside the crate.

Ride safe,

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Old 09-05-11 | 01:42 PM
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How about when you forget your front fender because you didn't pay attention to the weather report and now its sprinkling, not enough to be a big deal but enough for puddles for collect and splash water on yo face!
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Old 09-05-11 | 02:14 PM
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Use a trunk bag
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