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kim, 4 miesiące temu

@ravenbait @achadwick @fedibikes @cycling I've never liked the classic Ortlieb approach of using the shoulder strap to hold the roll-top closed. Sure, it works, but now the strap is covered in mud, and I'm carrying three more shoulder straps I don't actually need. I usually close them dry-bag style, and bring a single strap so I can carry the valuables pannier when off the bike.

The City Rollers almost get it right by having something for the closure to clip into on the side, but there's no tension adjustment.

kim, 4 miesiące temu

@ravenbait @achadwick @cycling Recumbent low-rider racks put the front panniers in splatter range of the front wheel, while the rider stays high and dry. Of course, the great thing about Ortliebs is you can just run them under the tap.

The over-the-top strap is incredibly useful for overloading the pannier gracefully, dangling random things from, or crossing over with the pannier on the other side for additional security, and I do miss it on my flap-closure Altura panniers (which got relegated to shopping duty when I discovered they were being eaten by the disc brake on my tourer).