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Panniers on Road Bike

paulmay · 2007-06-08 11:10:02

Hello I'm doing the Camino De Santiago in September - it's about 850K from the South of France to Santiago De Compestela in the Northwest of Spain. I'd like to use my trusty road bike for the trip, it's a Giant OCR4, not a fancy bike but very reliable. Anyway, my options are to fit a pannier frame to the back of the bike…

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08-06-2007 12:10pm

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paulmay

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Hello

I'm doing the Camino De Santiago in September - it's about 850K from the South of France to Santiago De Compestela in the Northwest of Spain. I'd like to use my trusty road bike for the trip, it's a Giant OCR4, not a fancy bike but very reliable.

Anyway, my options are to fit a pannier frame to the back of the bike and carry panniers or to get something like a Bob trailer to tow along behind me. I just wanted to know what you all thought about carrying panniers on a road bike, and if you have any other suggesions that might be good.

Thanks

Paul

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#2 11-06-2007 9:14am
Morgan

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Regarding panniers - does your frame have fittings to attach a carrier? If not you'd have to use p-clips to attach one or use a seat post mounted rack. Neither option would be ideal for carrying the amount of stuff you're likely to need for the trip.

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