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Gear Talk / Re: I want to tour …cheeply
« on: June 06, 2009, 05:35:48 pm »
You wrote "I’m wondering if there are less expensive racks that I could get away with, and I’m clueless as to which cheep panniers would work. "
I know this may sound a little crazy but for a cheap off road, super strong handle bar rack you can put an additional stem under your existing one and mount a set of drop bars upside down. This will hold something round and long very nicely and will protect your hands and gears as well. You could literally run into something and it would not move. And there are no others support brackets to worry about.
Cheap and off road is a tough combination.
I know this may sound a little crazy but for a cheap off road, super strong handle bar rack you can put an additional stem under your existing one and mount a set of drop bars upside down. This will hold something round and long very nicely and will protect your hands and gears as well. You could literally run into something and it would not move. And there are no others support brackets to worry about.
Cheap and off road is a tough combination.