|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Wire-Pannier Pocket
The bearings in my back wheel froze up when I was within walking distance of the Trailhouse, where the back wheel I'd left for rebuilding was about ready. Wasn't an easy walk when the bike won't roll! Before leaving the bike to have its wheels swapped, I removed everything that might get in the mechanic's way. (It was a couple of rides later before I remembered to put the cable lock back. It was rather aggravating to remember to take the key and then discover that I didn't have the lock.) Upon putting the stuff back, I realized that putting my emergency stuff into a plastic grocery bag and throwing it into a pannier wasn't a very good way to carry it. I needed a saddle bag! Checked the cupboard. Only one saddlebag, a wee tiny under-saddle bag I used to carry a rechargeable battery in -- it would *maybe* hold my spare tube. A few days later, I checked at the Trailhouse. Not many saddlebags -- one can circumnavigate this town as an after-supper stroll; it's rather surprising that we can support a bike shop at all -- and every last one was an under-saddle bag; the aerodynamic shape would make it hard to arrange my stuff, and it might be hard to open the bag and tuck in a couple of fruit-and-grain bars. Time to hit the Web -- is Custom Cycle Fitments still around, and if so, do they still sell the exact saddle bag I have in mind? Never got around to checking, because in the meanwhile, my plastic grocery bag had somehow ended up bungeed to the outside of my left pannier, and that's a very good place to carry it. Not very neat, have to untie knots and undo bungees to get at the stuff, and sooner or later the thin plastic will tear and dump my stuff into the road to get run over by a truck before I can go back to get it. I need a . . . um, what *do* you Google to find a flat bag that attaches to the outside of a wire pannier? -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at comcast dot net http://roughsewing.home.comcast.net/ The above message is a Usenet post. I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site. |
Ads |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Wire-Pannier Pocket
On 19/09/10 9:10 PM, Joy Beeson wrote:
The bearings in my back wheel froze up when I was within walking distance of the Trailhouse, where the back wheel I'd left for rebuilding was about ready. Wasn't an easy walk when the bike won't roll! Before leaving the bike to have its wheels swapped, I removed everything that might get in the mechanic's way. (It was a couple of rides later before I remembered to put the cable lock back. It was rather aggravating to remember to take the key and then discover that I didn't have the lock.) Upon putting the stuff back, I realized that putting my emergency stuff into a plastic grocery bag and throwing it into a pannier wasn't a very good way to carry it. I needed a saddle bag! Checked the cupboard. Only one saddlebag, a wee tiny under-saddle bag I used to carry a rechargeable battery in -- it would *maybe* hold my spare tube. A few days later, I checked at the Trailhouse. Not many saddlebags -- one can circumnavigate this town as an after-supper stroll; it's rather surprising that we can support a bike shop at all -- and every last one was an under-saddle bag; the aerodynamic shape would make it hard to arrange my stuff, and it might be hard to open the bag and tuck in a couple of fruit-and-grain bars. Time to hit the Web -- is Custom Cycle Fitments still around, and if so, do they still sell the exact saddle bag I have in mind? Never got around to checking, because in the meanwhile, my plastic grocery bag had somehow ended up bungeed to the outside of my left pannier, and that's a very good place to carry it. Not very neat, have to untie knots and undo bungees to get at the stuff, and sooner or later the thin plastic will tear and dump my stuff into the road to get run over by a truck before I can go back to get it. I need a . . . um, what *do* you Google to find a flat bag that attaches to the outside of a wire pannier? Zimbale makes some nice saddlebags, "http://zimbale.com". I'm going to Interbike on Wednesday and I'm going to look at them, and I may become a dealer. |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Pocket knife toolkit | Dieter Britz | Techniques | 5 | January 13th 06 10:27 AM |
Pocket PC holders... | Mac | UK | 27 | August 3rd 05 07:24 PM |
tax return burning a hole in my pocket (G) | Steve Knight | Recumbent Biking | 25 | February 12th 05 11:17 PM |
Electric Pocket Bike | [email protected] | Recumbent Biking | 1 | January 7th 05 10:22 PM |
Pocket Bikes Only $600AUS$ | JAMTEK Computers Australia | Racing | 2 | September 19th 04 09:31 PM |