touring and panniers

"Brad Zarikoff" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hey everyone,

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

commuting

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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

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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:

phred.orgtouringOpen ↗

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:

arkel-od.comarkel-od.comOpen ↗

--Josh

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Originally posted by Brad Zarikoff
-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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--If anyone knows links to a good touring site that would be helpful!

http://www-math.science.unitn.it/Bike/

Trento Bike Pages

Get some Ortleibs. You'll never regret getting them

Brad Zarikoff said:

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:

lancerushing.companniers.cfmOpen ↗

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