Source of pannier clips? Anyone make their own

[Tri Girl]

Surely you can find those somewhere... I just don't know where.
Makes me want to go to home depot to see if my store has any of those bags. They sound rugged and tough (things a good pannier should be).
If you pick them up and make them panniers, I would love to see them all finished!

[Grog]

Mountain Equipment Co-Op (MEC, the Canadian REI-equivalent) sells replacement pannier clips and J-hooks. You can look it up here:
http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_l...=1238943682600

I'm pretty sure you could install them in a bag. You'd just need to drill the metal a bit.

[Cataboo]

Thanks everyone. I'll definitely take pictures when I have something rigged up.

Debw - that yours have lasted 20 years is an excellent endorsement of your clips. I could pay/paypal you for them.

Grog - those look great, thanks.

[Cataboo]

Alright, I just used a document clip to attach one of the tool bags to the bike to see how it'd work.

These aren't huge, but they're more than enough for the ride to work or a quick trip downtown or to the grocery if I don't buy so much.

I may make velcro cover flaps for if I want to use them with the zipper open or just a net that I can stretch over them.

I've got a ton of dry bags for kayaking, so I'm not to worried about whether these are waterproof - I'll just put my stuff in a drybag if rain's an issue and pop that bag into these. And I'll probably put in thin plywood or plastic sheeting to stiffen the back (or maybe aluminum stiffeners like Debw had on hers)

closed up bag:

[Tri Girl]

Those bags are AWESOME!!!!!!!! Now I want to head to home depot to see if they have any (not likely).
Great find!!!! I think they'll make fantastic (and economical) panniers!

[Cataboo]

Even if they don't have the $4 ones, they did have a ton of tool bags and as far as I can tell, you can't convince men to pay as much for tool bags as you do for panniers.

Here's the label if you want to look for them:

[Tri Girl]

Thanks for the close up- catriona. I'll head there tomorrow after work. You're right about men and tool bags.