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Old September 12th 03, 06:38 AM
Brad Zarikoff
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Hey everyone,

I'm going to tour Europe on a Tandem. We have small panniers for commuting
and small trips. But we're looking to go for 4 months. Any ideas what
volume will be needed? We don't intend on camping, but we will have to do
some cooking. Also, should we get fully waterproof panniers like Ortlieb or
the Serratus aqua-nots?

--If anyone knows links to a good touring site that would be helpful!

Thanks!
Emillie
(Brad's stoker)


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Old September 12th 03, 07:06 AM
Josh Gatts
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"Brad Zarikoff" wrote in message
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Hey everyone,

I'm going to tour Europe on a Tandem. We have small panniers for

commuting
and small trips. But we're looking to go for 4 months. Any ideas what
volume will be needed? We don't intend on camping, but we will have to do
some cooking. Also, should we get fully waterproof panniers like Ortlieb

or
the Serratus aqua-nots?

--If anyone knows links to a good touring site that would be helpful!

Thanks!
Emillie
(Brad's stoker)



Check out the mailing list:

http://www.phred.org/mailman/listinfo/touring

Briefly, truly waterproof panniers are a good idea, but you can always just
line your non-waterproof panniers with garbage bags. Be sure to check out
the Arkel line of panniers:

http://www.arkel-od.com/

--Josh


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Old September 12th 03, 02:50 PM
Brunswick_kate
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Brad Zarikoff wrote:
-nots?
--If anyone knows links to a good touring site that would be helpful!
Thanks! Emillie (Brad's stoker)




Lots and lots of good touring information from people who have/are
touring is at

www.crazyguyonabike.com

where tourists keep their journals, problems encountered, how they
solved them, what worked, what didn't, what they ended up mailing home
because it weighed too much...



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Old September 12th 03, 05:48 PM
Naveed
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On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 05:38:44 +0000, Brad Zarikoff wrote:

Hey everyone,

I'm going to tour Europe on a Tandem. We have small panniers for
commuting and small trips. But we're looking to go for 4 months. Any
ideas what volume will be needed? We don't intend on camping, but we
will have to do some cooking. Also, should we get fully waterproof
panniers like Ortlieb or the Serratus aqua-nots?

--If anyone knows links to a good touring site that would be helpful!

Thanks!
Emillie
(Brad's stoker)



Lance Rushing has put together a very nice comparison of just about every
pannier on the market. It appears well researched and informative. Perhaps
it will help:

http://www.lancerushing.com/bicycling/panniers.cfm

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