Single Pannier - which side?

"Ian" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Something I have been pondering (but not too much, cos that would be quite
dull).

Common sense suggests that when using a single pannier some sort of
unbalanced load will be put on the rear wheel. So which side should it be
mounted on to reduce the likelihood of spoke breakages etc?

Dunno about that but I put mine on the right hand side to make me look
bigger.

If you're getting heavy enough to worry about such things, I'd instinctively
say the non-drive side. But it would really have to be very heavy...

cheers,
clive

Ian said:

Something I have been pondering (but not too much, cos that would be
quite dull).

Common sense suggests that when using a single pannier some sort of
unbalanced load will be put on the rear wheel. So which side should it
be mounted on to reduce the likelihood of spoke breakages etc?

The outside.

Failing that, the other side.

...d

Ian said:

Something I have been pondering (but not too much, cos that would be
quite dull).

Common sense suggests that when using a single pannier some sort of
unbalanced load will be put on the rear wheel. So which side should it
be mounted on to reduce the likelihood of spoke breakages etc?

I use the RH side because mounting one on the left pushes my pump into
the spokes. For two-pannier use I have a smaller pump which goes inside
one of them.

"Ian" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Something I have been pondering (but not too much, cos that would be quite
dull).

Common sense suggests that when using a single pannier some sort of
unbalanced load will be put on the rear wheel. So which side should it be
mounted on to reduce the likelihood of spoke breakages etc?

As mentioned by others, I use the RHS. Makes cars think you're a little
bigger. In fact, when my RHS pannier broke, I moved to the LHS. It felt
totally unnatural 🙂

Ian said:

Common sense suggests that when using a single pannier some sort of
unbalanced load will be put on the rear wheel. So which side should
it be mounted on to reduce the likelihood of spoke breakages etc?

I don't think the pannier is going to break any spokes, so I put it on
the side on which I put a foot down, for me the left. This means that the
weight in the pannier is not trying to tip me over when I've got just one
foot down. When my left knee is playing up (touch wood, not for over two
years now), I put the right foot down and place the load on the bike to
the right.

Mike

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Quoted message said:

Something I have been pondering (but not too much, cos that would be
quite dull).

Common sense suggests that when using a single pannier some sort of
unbalanced load will be put on the rear wheel. So which side should it
be mounted on to reduce the likelihood of spoke breakages etc?

an equally minimal amount of though suggests that the differential loading
is insignificant and notthing to lose sleep over :-)

Ian wrote:

So which side should it

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be mounted on to reduce the likelihood of spoke breakages etc?

For me , depends which bike. My touring size rear panniers live apart
most of the time. LH pannier on the tandem while the commuter bike has
the RH pannier.
As the commuter gets most use and I want the bike to look BIG on the
side cars pass as per the Theory of Big.
Iain

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"Imminent Road Kill"

ROTFLMFAO! Priceless... ;p

Thanks for that Iain.

Ian of said:

Something I have been pondering (but not too much, cos that would be
quite dull).

Common sense suggests that when using a single pannier some sort of
unbalanced load will be put on the rear wheel. So which side should it
be mounted on to reduce the likelihood of spoke breakages etc?

Mine goes on the right, but for the practical reason that I have just the
right pannier of a pair of Ortliebs. The other one got stolen, with
attached bike.
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Ian said:

Something I have been pondering (but not too much, cos that would be
quite dull).

Common sense suggests that when using a single pannier some sort of
unbalanced load will be put on the rear wheel. So which side should it
be mounted on to reduce the likelihood of spoke breakages etc?

If you're using a single pannier than the load will be, basically,
nothing that's going to upset any sort of decent bike (if it's a biggy
then split it or carry directly on the rack for the sake of easier balance).

So use whichever one you've picked up, if they're asymmetrical.

Pete.
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On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 19:42:11 +0100, Ian <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Something I have been pondering (but not too much, cos that would be
quite dull).

Common sense suggests that when using a single pannier some sort of
unbalanced load will be put on the rear wheel. So which side should it
be mounted on to reduce the likelihood of spoke breakages etc?

I've never worried about wheel loading with a single pannier. If I
just need one, it usually goes on the right. My (limited) thinking
is that cars might give me a couple extra inches when overtaking,
and it encourages me to lean my bike against something on the non-
derialleur side.

--
jc

I tended to use the left pannier. When wheeling the bike I was usually
on its left side and would lean bike against a wall etc on its right.
Having the pannier on the left meant I could load/unload without
disturbing bike & lock.

--
Helen D. Vecht: [email hidden]
Edgware.

I concur with the consensus (if there is one....), i.e. it doesn't
make much difference which side. I used to debate about this one but
now don't bother. I generally go for the "even pannier wear" approach
and use either pretty randomly. I've carried some pretty heavy loads
in a single pannier (like last night for example) and I'm always
surprised at what little difference it makes to the balance of the
bike.

Andy

To reply to my own post. Is URCs David Martin the same David Martin who
wrote Theory of Big?

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To reply to my own post. Is URCs David Martin the same David Martin who
wrote Theory of Big?

LOL! What on earth is "Theory of Big?!"

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To reply to my own post. Is URCs David Martin the same David Martin who
wrote Theory of Big?

LOL! What on earth is "Theory of Big?!"

<http://www.martin-family.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BIG.html>

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C.J.Patten said:

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To reply to my own post. Is URCs David Martin the same David Martin who
wrote Theory of Big?

LOL! What on earth is "Theory of Big?!"

<http://www.martin-family.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BIG.html>

AH. I HAD seen that but the article title didn't click.
Great reading... ride naked if you want to be seen. 😉

Ian said:

Something I have been pondering (but not too much, cos that would be
quite dull).

Common sense suggests that when using a single pannier some sort of
unbalanced load will be put on the rear wheel. So which side should it
be mounted on to reduce the likelihood of spoke breakages etc?

It clearly needs to be put on the left side to counterbalance the
weight of the derailleurs, cogs, rings, and chain. ;-)

jeverett3<AT>earthlink<DOT>net http://home.earthlink.net/~jeverett3

vernon levy said:

"Ian" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Something I have been pondering (but not too much, cos that would be
quite dull).

Common sense suggests that when using a single pannier some sort of
unbalanced load will be put on the rear wheel. So which side should it
be mounted on to reduce the likelihood of spoke breakages etc?

an equally minimal amount of though suggests that the differential loading
is insignificant and notthing to lose sleep over :-)

Thanks to all for the replies...thankfully no sleep was being lost, it
was just one of those "I wonder" moments.

Next week's topic....if my daily commute follows a circular route should
I turns the tyres around every so often to even out wear on the left and
righ hand sides? ;-)

Ian