Ben M
Senior Member
- Location
- Chester/Oxford
I've toured before with only (large) rear panniers. Now I'm looking into touring with the gf on a tandem. With two of us and a tent, having only two panniers probably won't be enough, so I'm trying to learn about front panniers.
I've seen mentioned that riding with front panniers doesn't have a large negative effect on the handling of the bike, and that touring bikes may even be better balanced with panniers on the front. So I'm not too worried about that side of things, but if you have any thoughts/comments/suggestions about that, especially tandem specific advice, theat'd be welcome.
My main question is: what panniers does one use on the front? When I've looked for panniers for the front I've only found one set of front-specific panniers. Are front specific panniers required or will small "ordinary" panniers suffice? I have altura drylines for the back, is there a front version of that? The other good panniers that I see mentioned are ortileb hi-rollers, do they do a front pannier pair? If so are they really expensive? I'm hoping not to have to spend a fortune, I'm quite happy to use cheaper panniers and binbags for water-proofing, as they aren't going to have particularly heavy use.
Also do you have any recommendations for racks to use? The tandem is likely to be a dawes of some description.
Thanks y'all.
I've seen mentioned that riding with front panniers doesn't have a large negative effect on the handling of the bike, and that touring bikes may even be better balanced with panniers on the front. So I'm not too worried about that side of things, but if you have any thoughts/comments/suggestions about that, especially tandem specific advice, theat'd be welcome.
My main question is: what panniers does one use on the front? When I've looked for panniers for the front I've only found one set of front-specific panniers. Are front specific panniers required or will small "ordinary" panniers suffice? I have altura drylines for the back, is there a front version of that? The other good panniers that I see mentioned are ortileb hi-rollers, do they do a front pannier pair? If so are they really expensive? I'm hoping not to have to spend a fortune, I'm quite happy to use cheaper panniers and binbags for water-proofing, as they aren't going to have particularly heavy use.
Also do you have any recommendations for racks to use? The tandem is likely to be a dawes of some description.
Thanks y'all.