[CR]Handlebar bag vs front panier geometry

(Example: Racing:Jean Robic)

Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:31:50 +1100
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: "geoff duke" <g.duke@civenv.unimelb.edu.au>
Subject: [CR]Handlebar bag vs front panier geometry

This may be more a question for the framebuilders list but seeing as many on topic french bikes have front racks I was wondering if anyone on this list can tell me what the difference, if any, there is between a bike made to take a handlebar bag and a bike made to take front paniers.Bicycle Quarterly regularly looks at bikes that are designed to take handlebar bags.Will those same bikes handle the same with front paniers ? Geoff Duke Melbourne Australia