I recently had a pair of Creek2Peak rear panniers stolen from my bike - photo attached. I've spent hours and hours googling for something to replace them with, but can't find anything that comes close to matching up to them. I'm looking for something with the following features, all of which the Creek2Peak ones had - any suggestions? Or if anyone can sell me a second hand pair, price is no object!
1) The top of the panniers should be flush with the back carrier, so that I can strap other things to the carrier. (A lot of panniers come up too high and make the carrier unusable).
2) Large capacity (I think mine were about 27l).
3) External pockets, at least one of which zips up with two zip pullers per zip, rather than one - so that the zip pullers meet in the middle when the zip is fastened. This allows one to thread a small padlock through the holes in the pullers, and padlock the zip pullers together. That's so that I can keep relatively pricey accessories such as the bicycle lights and pump in one of the pockets without worrying about them being stolen. Before I started locking the pockets on my panniers in this way, my bicycle lights were stolen many times.
4) Good water resistance. The Creek2Peak ones didn't claim to be fully waterproof but they always kept my things dry even when cycling in heavy rain.
Most panniers don't seem to have pockets at all; in most of those which do, the pockets don't seem to be zippable, and the few that I've found that are zippable seem to only have one zip puller per zip, so that they can't be padlocked. And also, most large capacity panniers come up too high and make the back carrier unusable.
Any ideas gratefully received.
Thanks
Dave
1) The top of the panniers should be flush with the back carrier, so that I can strap other things to the carrier. (A lot of panniers come up too high and make the carrier unusable).
2) Large capacity (I think mine were about 27l).
3) External pockets, at least one of which zips up with two zip pullers per zip, rather than one - so that the zip pullers meet in the middle when the zip is fastened. This allows one to thread a small padlock through the holes in the pullers, and padlock the zip pullers together. That's so that I can keep relatively pricey accessories such as the bicycle lights and pump in one of the pockets without worrying about them being stolen. Before I started locking the pockets on my panniers in this way, my bicycle lights were stolen many times.
4) Good water resistance. The Creek2Peak ones didn't claim to be fully waterproof but they always kept my things dry even when cycling in heavy rain.
Most panniers don't seem to have pockets at all; in most of those which do, the pockets don't seem to be zippable, and the few that I've found that are zippable seem to only have one zip puller per zip, so that they can't be padlocked. And also, most large capacity panniers come up too high and make the back carrier unusable.
Any ideas gratefully received.
Thanks
Dave
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