Shopping panniers

[Elias Friedman]

I'm thinking of getting these panniers from Amazon to use for shopping. My Ortleibs are too small, unwieldy, and look a bit weird in the grocery store. Anybody used these or have a better suggestion? Thanks!


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[Walker,Fritz]

Elias,

 

At the very least, I’d suggest you at least look at Arkel panniers, if you’re looking for something that’s well designed, high quality and built to last.

http://www.arkel-od.com/panniers/t42/overview.asp?fl=1&site=

 

 

     Fritz

 

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[Elias Friedman]

I forgot to post the link to the panniers I'm looking at!

http://tinyurl.com/cher43

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[Elias Friedman]

Thanks for the link to the Arkel site! I think this other one would be more suited to the application I'm thinking of though:

http://www.arkel-od.com/panniers/utility/overview.asp?fl=1&site=

I'm open to anyone else's suggestions too!

Elias Friedman A.S., EMT-P ⚕
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[Walker,Fritz]

I’m sure you’re correct.  I forwarded the Arkel link before you noticed you’d not attached the link to Amazon.

[DennisTheBald]

Those look nice, I'll bet they do the trick.

I've used "townies" with some limited success - If I try to carry it
all home in my panniers I have to go shopping like every other day...
if you really wanna bring home the goods you need a trailer.
But, that not withstanding:

For milk and bread runs I leave the townies hooked onto the bike and
just run my cable through them (not just through the handle but mine
have a little opening in the corner where the seams aren't sewn quite
all the way).

A milk crate fastened to the rack suits some folks just fine.

There is some info in cyberspace about hooking the square plastic
buckets that cat litter is sold in to a bike rack and using them like
a pannier... these things offer plenty of protection for your grub
when you click the lid down. Some brands of cat food have a hinged
lid, I think that would work better than the removable ones in some
cases and where it didn't you could still pop it off. Cheap, but they
look like it too. Well, I guess if you ain't got a cat or a girl
friend with a cat it may not be so cheap.

On Apr 17, 3:19 pm, Elias Friedman <elipo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I forgot to post the link to the panniers I'm looking at!
>

> *http://tinyurl.com/cher43
>
> *Elias Friedman A.S., EMT-P ⚕
> אליהו מתתיהו בן צבי
> elipo...@gmail.comhttp://elipongo.blogspot.com/