Homemade panniers
2004-05-13 21:54:59.278396+00 by Dan Lyke 3 comments
The suspended seatpost arrrived yesterday, we didn't go biking because Charlene was on call, and I've no idea if we're going to make it out today, but since we cleared 20 miles we're starting to think about potential overnights in west Marin. And it'd be cool to be able to do shopping with the tandem. That means we need some cargo capacity.
So:
- Notes on building some heavy duty bike racks.
- Some discussion of building and mounting touring bags.
- pictures and notes from sewing some really nice looking nylon panniers
- The Amazing Bike Bucket and Bike Bucket Mk. II look like a really good place to start.
A trailer might happen, but that's extra rolling resistance, and I'll need some weight on the bike anyway because I need to do some starting and stopping drills that are better done without the stoker on the bike (but with equivalent weight), so somewhere in these links is a good place to start.