On Sunday, September 17, 2017 at 10:54:10 AM UTC-4, Joerg wrote:
Thinking about doing rides farther away without carting the bike there
in my car. Or riding out farther and using a bus for some of the way
back. Buses out here have racks for two bikes up front, like this:

http://www.sacbike.dreamhosters.com/...us_No_2395.jpg

Unfortunately the top-holding bar goes over the front wheel where the
emergency dynamo is on my road bike instead of over the seat. Ok, I can
remove that dynamo. However, both my road bike and my MTB are
"rear-heavy" with panniers that contain lots of water, tools and such.
Are they still safe in those racks?

The other question is, El Dorado Transit and others state to "remove
panniers and other baggage to allow safe operation of the bus". My
panniers look detachable but they are not, there is a lot of stuff
underneath that bolts and cinches them in place.

What's your experience?

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Regards, Joerg

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You're most lkely SOL with nom-removable panniers. I don't know of any bus transit that allows panniers to be left on the bicycle. Another thing to consider (if they did allow the loaded panniers to stay on the bike)is the potential for damage to your wheels as the bike moves sideways with those heavily loaded panniers whilst the bicycle wheels move side to side a bit when the bus isin motion. YMMV and probably does.

BTW, since some of the bus routes hereabouts goes onto a 60mph highway, I use an Arno strap to help secure the bike to the bus front rack. I know that even a hard bump won't cause the bike to leave the rack if the front wheel hook on the bus rack were to fail.

Cheers