For those who have used both panniers and trailers, which did you like best?
Which worked better for you?
Thanks for the info!
Which worked better for you?
Thanks for the info!
Don't even ask!imagesinthewind said:For those who have used both panniers and trailers, which did you like best?
Which worked better for you?
Thanks for the info!
I've done both and see advantages/disadvantages to both.imagesinthewind said:For those who have used both panniers and trailers, which did you like best?
Which worked better for you?
Thanks for the info!
That's my mantra. A couple of years ago I bought the high end Arkel panniers. They actually allow you to be not as disciplined because you can grab things from the bottom without having to pull everything out. They also have lots of pockets, so you can keep your tools and cooking utensils and spices separate from your clothing and tent (in my case; hammock). Love them!daveornee said:I am back to steel Tubus racks and Ortlieb panniers. Lighter and more well organized is an advantage to me. Each tour I take out my check list and try to think of items I can get by without.
g'day mate, i use both. sometimes on a ride of over 500k's in the bush i use front and rear panniers and my bob trailer, mainly to carry water as there ain't much in my area of the world. i just bought a new road bike and the first thing that i fitted was a bob skewer, so now i can use mY bob behind the road bike when i want. i like the choice as to wheather i take panniers or bob. love both. but for swapping between bikes, (no pannier racks on my new race bike) the BOB is the ducks guts. regards Terry [email protected]imagesinthewind said:For those who have used both panniers and trailers, which did you like best?
Which worked better for you?
Thanks for the info!
I use a BOB trailer , one wheel, good attachment points on BOB's own skewer. Don't ever buy a trailer with two wheels. the bob followes you exactly. mine has a shock system and is knows as a IBES. never had a puncher in it in all the thousands of kollometers its done, never broken a spoke, never had to regrease the wheel bearings. Sounds like an add for BOB. tai'nt. I treid most other brands and none.repeat, none came within a bulls roar of the BOB. want to know more email me at [email protected] regards terryVelotour said:I have always used panniers. I have read several cycle touring journals in which some tourers used panniers and others used trailers. The cyclists I read all were satisfied with their trailers, but quite a few seemed to have recurrent problems with the points where the trailer attacked to the bike.
In my own opinion, and I have never used a trailer, a trailer is more weight and more moving parts to break, and more tires to be punctured. Keeping touring as simple as possible in my way. Add a trailer and you add problems, but like the others said who did use trailers, they performed quite well.
It could be about persionel preferance!! it could, but it 'aint. with equal weight on board, the bike is eiser to ride with the Bob than with the same weight in the panniers on the bike. Aspecially going up hill. tis' much harder peddeling up hill with the weight on the bike, than on the trailer. Why/ I dont know. What I do know is that with the weight lower on the trailer it is MUCH more stable undering cornerng and if you allow a few more feet to stop, the overall handlering is much better. Very easy to get used to. Why havent I answered sooner--- I've been for a 1100k ride, and yes you gessed it, with the Bob.mcr2c384 said:What about bike lean with pannier and mounts? Is it harder to have control over your bike with all that weight directly on the bike? Is the effort used to make these corrections greater than the effort to pull the trailer up some killer mountain slopes? And what about added pressure to the wheelset with all the weight on top of the bike?
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