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@jersey
oh yea... this is truly important. With a frame like the bianchi, you'll be very prone to hitting your heels on the bags.
If you look at the Charge above, you can see the the rider is very close to hitting (if not close to, actually is hitting) their heels on the the panniers with each pedal stroke.
If yo use the axle mounted rack, it places the panniers number of inches farther back, helping to avoid this kind of thing.
there are other racks that specifically claim to place the bags farther back from the pedal stroke, helping to avoid this.
add that to my list of thoughts.
i've tried adding panniers to a bike the wasn't meant to have a rack , and it just failed all over the place.
looked ok standing still, but functionally it was a mess.