I've just got back into cycling and have decided that I want some pannier bags for my mountain bike.
I checked around a Halfords and it seems that I need a pannier rack (19.99) and some bags for 19.99. 40 pounds is a bit more than I want to spend at this stage so, does anybody know about anything going cheap at the moment? I really want Lidl or Aldi to have a bicyle themed sale in the next couple of weeks...
If it can't be done for less than that then fair enough, but I wondered if there were any special offers in progress at the moment that could perhaps shave a few pounds off the total price?
Edinburgh Bicycle (www.edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk) will sell you a Boh Yeuh rack for around £12 and their own panniers at £20.00 ea. If you don't need a pair of panniers, this will get you on the road for around £30, although the Halfrauds rack does seem pretty good.
Sling over panniers (If you really just want something cheap to start with), are in their hundreds on eBay and are probably mostly the Lidl / Aldi ones being resold.
Again, I bought a couple of Lidl panniers a few weeks ago for a tenner each. They are not throw-overs but clip-on type, someone elsewhere suggested they were similar to the EBC panniers? So far they have proved tough and waterproof, again I would recommend them. In comparison to a rucksack they are like night and day, looking back the rucksack (even with only a small lunchand my phone in there) was a right bind.
Forgot about those. I was looking at them in Lidl, but since I already have four panniers I didn't see any point in picking them up. They are very similar to the EBC ones.
Edinburgh Bicycle (www.edinburgh-bicycle.co.uk) will sell you a Boh Yeuh rack for around £12 and their own panniers at £20.00 ea. If you don't need a pair of panniers, this will get you on the road for around £30, although the Halfrauds rack does seem pretty good.
