The Queen of Cans and Jars wrote:

Ron Hardin wrote:

Trailers slow you down a lot. Factor that in to your desires.

An empty trailer isn't bad, and carrying lots of weight on the bike
isn't bad, but the combination of wind resistance from the trailer
and from the weight it carries tips the impression over the top that
you're really being slowed down.

So if you need gear, put a milk crate on a sturdy rear luggage rack
and do it that way. (I recommend a conventional rack with legs
PLUS the core innards of a seat-post rack under it, so it's stabilized
as firmly to the frame as possible; the latter prevents sway and the
former bears the weight.)

why on earth would you put a milk crate on your rack instead of pannier
bags?

It holds more, you can hang excess on the side, or drape over the thing; when
not in use it's out of the wind and rigid on the frame.

I've never bought more than I could carry, ever, using one. The extreme is
using my 6' cable lock as a 3' loop looped through shopping bags, and sling the
whole thing over the top of what's in the milk crate.

It's completely waterproof if you simply put everything in a garbage bag
and twisty tie it shut, on days when you want it waterproof.

It beats panniers by so far that it's not even on the same planet.
--
Ron Hardin


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