Hi, I`m an old hand at this cycling lark but only really use my road bike for fitness training. Have recently acquired a hybrid bike and going on a short ( 4-5 days ) tour in Scotland. Like some advice on panniers please. Want something VERY easy to fit ( not bolting to rear wheels ), as light as possible ( obviously ! ) and not too expensive if possible. Ta for any recommendations or general advice.
Short Tour - Paniers
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Ben M
Senior Member
- Location
- Chester/Oxford
Do I take it that you need a rack as well as panniers themselves? Does your bike have braze-ons ready for a rack?
I have probably got the terminology wrong. I assumed the panniers was the racking system which carrys the bags.
Have neither one nor t`other. The bike has a number of drilled points on the seat stays. A point where pivot brakes would normally be attached ( bike has vee brakes ) and 4 other similar in the same area of the seat tube. The bike is a Giant Escape 2 if that assists in any way.
Have neither one nor t`other. The bike has a number of drilled points on the seat stays. A point where pivot brakes would normally be attached ( bike has vee brakes ) and 4 other similar in the same area of the seat tube. The bike is a Giant Escape 2 if that assists in any way.
HJ
Cycling in Scotland
- Location
- Auld Reekie
That rather depends on where he is actually going and where he is staying. If he is not planning to camp on the west coast, then it isn't really reliant.
Ben M
Senior Member
- Location
- Chester/Oxford
Pannier bags (usually just called panniers) are the bags which clip onto your pannier rack (usually just called a rack).
The rack attaches to the bike via braze-ons, in the same way that a bottle cage does (i.e. with a little hex-key bolt) on your bike the braze ons are circled in red here:
I can't make out the lower points from that picture, but it should be pretty obvious when you come to fit it.
As for which panniers, obviously there is a range of sizes and makes for every need. Altura do a huge range of panniers so are worth looking at, in my experience they are what most bike shops stock.
The "very best" panniers which everyone recommends are Ortileb High Rollers. I have no experience of these myself but everyone raves about them, personally I have some Altura Dryline bags which I think are very good, I have the larger version of these:
http://www.evanscycl...annier-ec008429
That size would be enough for a "short tour" in my opinion, but the best way to judge would be to go to your bike shop and see if they have any and what you think of them.
As for which rack, I have this which is a pretty big sturdy rack, you can get ligher ones, but what I like about this is that it has two sets of rails at the top, so the panniers go on one, and there's another for mounting stuff on the top:
http://www.evanscycl...r-rack-ec006628
here's a picture where you can see my rack and how it's mounted:
hope that all helps.
Ben M
Senior Member
- Location
- Chester/Oxford
No worries, glad to help. The piece of advice that I would re-iterate would be to go to your local bike shop and look at the panniers there, they are bloody expensive things for what they are, so it's worth seeing some in the flesh rather than just online.
edit:
also a thing to mention with racks is that I would only buy one which completely protects the back wheel from a pannier. What I mean by that is if you look at the left hand side of the picture of mine, there is a piece of the rack which going down and then across, not all racks have this (as it isn't load-bearing), so if your pannier flexes it can hit your wheel!
edit:
also a thing to mention with racks is that I would only buy one which completely protects the back wheel from a pannier. What I mean by that is if you look at the left hand side of the picture of mine, there is a piece of the rack which going down and then across, not all racks have this (as it isn't load-bearing), so if your pannier flexes it can hit your wheel!
