pannier hooks

Peter said:

I've a pair of Karrimor panniers (the old green ones, circa 1986 - were they
called Universal or Iberian?)) which attach with two simple hook clips and a
little bungee.
Having now snapped both my bungees I thought I might replace the clips with
something that doesn't need a bungee.

Are pannier hooks generally interchangeable, or are they like chainrings...

Any suggestions?

Chainrings are generally interchangeable..
But pannier hooks are not. Each manufacturer tends to have their own
system. Some use the rixen and Kaul system which is good and available
as aftermarket parts. It costs about 20 quid per pannier to completely
replace the pannier rail and clips with R&K ones. Parts available from
any bike shop that deals with zyro.co.uk (though zyro don't appear to
be terribly good at delivering what you order)

...d

Time to buy a new pair of paniers, I think!

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Quoted message said:

I've a pair of Karrimor panniers (the old green ones, circa 1986 - were

they

Quoted message said:

called Universal or Iberian?)) which attach with two simple hook clips and

a

Quoted message said:

little bungee.
Having now snapped both my bungees I thought I might replace the clips

with

Quoted message said:

something that doesn't need a bungee.

Are pannier hooks generally interchangeable, or are they like

chainrings...

Quoted message said:

Any suggestions?

Thx, Peter

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Quoted message said:

I've a pair of Karrimor panniers (the old green ones, circa 1986 - were

they

Quoted message said:

called Universal or Iberian?)) which attach with two simple hook clips and

a

Quoted message said:

little bungee.
Having now snapped both my bungees I thought I might replace the clips

with

Quoted message said:

something that doesn't need a bungee.

Are pannier hooks generally interchangeable, or are they like

chainrings...

Quoted message said:

Any suggestions?

Thx, Peter

On my last pair of Karrimor* panniers the elastics and hooks
looked much like the £3.99 Nimrod Pannier elastics on this page.

http://www.evanscycles.com/dept.jsp?dept_id=1023&subdept_id=4069&page=1

michael adams

Carrying them one inside the other, they fell off whithout
my knowing, for reasons you might guess.

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Peter said:

I've a pair of Karrimor panniers (the old green ones, circa 1986 - were they
called Universal or Iberian?)) which attach with two simple hook clips and a
little bungee.
Having now snapped both my bungees I thought I might replace the clips with
something that doesn't need a bungee.

I've got a pair of them (Iberians). The clips are fine and so are the
bungees. I stopped using them because they developed holes at the bottom.

Do you want me to send you the bungees?

Colin McKenzie

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I've a pair of Karrimor panniers (the old green ones, circa 1986 -
were they called Universal or Iberian?)) which attach with two
simple hook clips and a little bungee.
Having now snapped both my bungees I thought I might replace the
clips with something that doesn't need a bungee.

Are pannier hooks generally interchangeable, or are they like
chainrings...

Any suggestions?

Thx, Peter

On my last pair of Karrimor* panniers the elastics and hooks
looked much like the £3.99 Nimrod Pannier elastics on this page.

http://www.evanscycles.com/dept.jsp?dept_id=1023&subdept_id=4069&page=1

Those are dead-ringer's for the ones on my early 1980's green Karrimor's.
So I think the OP has his source of new parts (unless he goes for the used
spares offered elsewhere in the thread).

- Nigel

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Peter said:

I've a pair of Karrimor panniers (the old green ones, circa 1986 - were
they called Universal or Iberian?)) which attach with two simple hook
clips and a little bungee.
Having now snapped both my bungees I thought I might replace the clips
with something that doesn't need a bungee.

I've got a pair of them (Iberians). The clips are fine and so are the
bungees. I stopped using them because they developed holes at the bottom.

Do you want me to send you the bungees?

Apologies for the delay - and thanks for the offer, but someone else has
already sorted me out.
There must be loads of the little devils floating about.

Peter