annedonnelly
Girl from the North Country
- Location
- Blyth, Northumberland
Has anyone tried to make their own pannier to clip onto a rack?
I have a pair of panniers which are great for shopping & general riding. At the supermarket the panniers go into the trolley and I pack straight into them. If I'm shopping in town I leave the panniers on the bike locked up and put shopping in when I get back.
But sometimes it would be nice to have a bag that I could carry with me that looks like a proper bag rather than a pannier and is easy to carry. I see that there are lots of expensive ones that would do. But I don't want to spend that much money for something that I won't need often.
With a bit of googling I see that you can buy replacement hooks for various makes of pannier, e.g. these. So I wonder if it would be possible to take an ordinary bag and fix the pannier hooks somehow. I suppose it depends how the hooks are designed to fix into the bag.
I have a pair of panniers which are great for shopping & general riding. At the supermarket the panniers go into the trolley and I pack straight into them. If I'm shopping in town I leave the panniers on the bike locked up and put shopping in when I get back.
But sometimes it would be nice to have a bag that I could carry with me that looks like a proper bag rather than a pannier and is easy to carry. I see that there are lots of expensive ones that would do. But I don't want to spend that much money for something that I won't need often.
With a bit of googling I see that you can buy replacement hooks for various makes of pannier, e.g. these. So I wonder if it would be possible to take an ordinary bag and fix the pannier hooks somehow. I suppose it depends how the hooks are designed to fix into the bag.