Full suspension bikepacking. can it be done? Some godforsaken piece of human waste stole my bike yesterday. Straight from my front garden. Now my two kids are scared the same people might return. Honestly, this kind of crime rates up there with rape and murder.

So now I have to spend money on a new bike. I did love my hardtail with a setup between a mtb and a forest trail racer. I especially loved week long trips with luggage attachments clipped onto the post and stem, frame bag too. 

The only things I really envied were when I was on rough terrain on a luggage laden long distance trip watching the mtbrs on full sus go whizzing by. Sometimes with dropper seats.

Now I have to go and buy a new bike, I would love a cheaper full sus mtb. Problem is, can I go long distance on it, and how/where/with what do I attach luggage?
There are rear racks such as the Thule Tour Rack which attach directly to the “seat stays” or fork of a full suspension MTB:



I’m not an expert on MTBs and don’t own one myself, but apparently a disadvantage of this solution is that it makes the luggage part of the unsprung mass which should be as small as possible. However since you are probably not riding demanding trails with 20kg of luggage attached I doubt it’s going to be much of a problem.