Re: [ST] Pillion foot accomodations

[simonb <simonb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2005-02-15 at 11:29 -0600, Dan Wetherington wrote:
> While riding with SWMBO on Saturday, I was informed that there isn't a
> whole lot of room for her feet when the side bags are on the bike.  It
> seems that her feet hit the bags, preventing her from putting the balls
> of her feet on the pegs.  Has anyone else run into this?
> 
> I looked at the bracketry for the bags briefly after the ride, and it
> appears that with a little bit of creativity the bags could be moved
> towards the rear of the bike a couple of inches.  My only concern would
> be hanging the weight of fully loaded bags that much farther off the end
> of the bike.
> 
> So am I crazy?  Let me know if anyone has tried this, or has any
> ideas.

I had the same problem with oxford panniers. I moved them back a bit:-


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> Dan
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