Luggage

incidentally I saw a vaguely fashionable ladies handbag with pannier clips yesterday which I was pretty impressed with.

Carradice Bike Bureau is an awesome piece if yr using a pannier rack. I have an Ortlieb office bag, and the Carradice is better IMO. The Carra SQR bag, if you have 2" of seatpost or more showing, is fantastic, really hard to beat.

Yes! Do you really not? If it wasn't for fashion everyone (who needed to carry stuff often) would have panniers.

― Mark C, Thursday, October 23, 2008 6:59 AM (1 hour ago) [IP: 85.211.101.65] Bookmark

No, I wouldn't. Panniers can't carry boxes, groceries, and funny-shaped things. Their capacity is limited when compared to a large bag, and they fuck with how your bike handles. "People who carry stuff often" = most couriers, and they don't use panniers, by and large. If everyone were serious about carrying shit, they'd all have big ass front racks and be riding extra-cycles.

I must say ~I prefer panniers for groceries, my poor back can't cope with that much beer.

I guess now they wouldn't hamper my grocery getting, in that my trips are much smaller now that I live really close to the store. Then again, I live close enough to walk, now.

wow looks like carradice changed the bike bureau back to leather straps. i like the look of leather, but would hate to use a that style buckle. that said, the fastex ones on mine arent great either. i was hoping they would improve them.

wtf they went to a spring loaded rixen attachment that imo is fucking dire. booo.

Pannier v courier bag boils down to extra weight on bike v extra weight on rider. As Ed points out, the placement of the weight affects handling. Riders going shorty distances in urban areas prefer the nimbler handling and look to courier bags, while more long haul riders probably would favor panniers.

Though it can't be great for bike handling, I usually ride with just one pannier. When I commute I use the left pannier to carry my work shoes, my three (count 'em) locks, my lights, etc. and have a rucksack on my back with my actual work stuff. When I ride at the weekend I use the right pannier to carry various tools, inner tubes, maps, food, drinks, etc. This way I don't have to keep packing and unpacking them depending on the type of ride.

i always ride with just the left pannier, and even with 30lbs in it, once you're rolling you dont feel any imbalance. its very wtf.

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I personally think panniers should have beaten rucksacks, but there you go.

For me:
Courier bag ~ Panniers >> Rucksack

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lookin to get some new luggage - not fancy but well constructed - a big rolling suitcase and a garment bag that attaches to it so they roll as one

plz recommend - and for bonus points tell me where to buy in nyc

airline crew IIRC get Travel Pro luggage for free

Site New Answers strikes again? Wasn't the orig thread an ILB one?

lol also ps i love to ride my bicycle

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Ortlieb make an airline carry on rolling bag that is also a pannier, not what you wanted but worth knowing about.

the lightweight internal sleeve on my carradice bike bureau is tearing at the corner seams. its not robust enough to carry a netbook + legal pads.

i would recommend bike bureau to anyone though. it is otherwise very bomber and very smart, i use it for everything.

think im gonna make bucket panniers

and get a small backpack, sick of the mess bag

carrying records on a bike - any great ideas other than strapping a milkcrate to a rear rack?

Panniers?

how many records? I wouldn't want too many in a milk crate, too top heavy.

something like 30 records, over 17 miles or so.

Big panniers could probably work but I was trying to be cheap. Weight distribution wise that is probably the way to go though.

msgr bag imo

pretty sure someone makes dj bags, dont know capacity tho.

was this ever ported