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  1. #1
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    Lookin' good!!!!
    I went to my Home Depot and they had the bags, but I didn't buy them. They weren't on clearance for as cheap (I think they were $7) and since I already have 2 sets of panniers I thought I better not impulse buy and get two more bags. I really like them, tho. They are functional and cute!
    Check out my running blog: www.turtlepacing.blogspot.com

    Cervelo P2C (tri bike)
    Bianchi Eros (commuter/touring road bike)

    1983 Motobecane mixte (commuter/errand bike)
    Cannondale F5 mountain bike

  2. #2
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    They're a nice size for me, I think. It's a 43 cm frame, so putting something too big on it, my foot bumps into the pannier.

    I'd bought some panniers, but they got sucked into the wheel & tore up. They obviously weren't very expensive ones, but mostly right now I just want things that I can toss my stuff into on the way to work & back, and to stop by the grocery store & pick up a few things on the way home.

  3. #3
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    Very clever and they look great.

  4. #4
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    Well, I've been lazy for a while and hadn't really made a bottom /side support to my tool bag panniers. I had found a shoe box that was about the right foot print and covered it with a plastic bag and stuck it in - it worked, but it wasn't ideal. I was waiting for a rain storm to ruin my box. But I've carried groceries, a ton of library books, etc. using it with the cardboard box.

    I really like the tool bags 'cause they're not so long and I don't hit them with my foot/pedal on the backstroke like I do with the other panniers I've tried.

    I was going to eventually cut a piece of wood to do it... and had been debating maybe a metal support...

    But the other night I was cleaning and looked at the wooden clementine box that I had on the table and had a eureka moment... I went and checked, and yeah. The clementine box was the same size as the bottom of the tool bag.

    So I had to dismantle two sides of the box to get it to fit into the bottom of the bag, but now my panniers have a hard support for the back side & bottom...

    Just 'cause I like posting pics of my bike, here it is on my way back from the library (tool bag was open on the way there with 8books in it, I closed it on the way back 'cause I only picked up 2 & it only had the cardboard box in it for support at that time.)




  5. #5
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    Apr 2006
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    pretty pics, Catriona. Who knew the clementine box would fit so perfectly? Great find!
    Check out my running blog: www.turtlepacing.blogspot.com

    Cervelo P2C (tri bike)
    Bianchi Eros (commuter/touring road bike)

    1983 Motobecane mixte (commuter/errand bike)
    Cannondale F5 mountain bike

 

 

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