Thanks Grog!

Quote Originally Posted by wackyjacky1 View Post
2 questions:
What is the black thing on the right side of the handlebar stem? A bell?
How come you got rid of the bar-end shifters?
I really like those panniers. Might have to treat my bike to a set of them.
The black thing is a bell....the old fashioned "ching-ching!" kind.
I got rid of the bell on my long rides road bike, but now going through town and to the stores on this errand bike, I find I have to deal a lot more frequently with pedestrians crossing the street without looking, etc....so the bell is back on this bike.

Earlier in this thread I explained why I changed from the bar end shifters- there were a couple of reasons that I elaborated on.

REI.com seems to be out of these panniers now....but apparently they get new versions of stuff for the new year so hopefully they will have new improved ones soon...