Retrobike Touring.
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Mixed reviews, £45 on amazon. Got them for £15 delivered. Hopefully good enough.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141487752783? ... EBIDX%3AIT
Mixed reviews, £45 on amazon. Got them for £15 delivered. Hopefully good enough.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141487752783? ... EBIDX%3AIT
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Should do. Keep all your stuff in plastic bags though! Every pannier other than Ortlieb will leak. They are a little on the big side, which may suit depending on how much stuff you like taking. However you won't know that until you start.
Should do. Keep all your stuff in plastic bags though! Every pannier other than Ortlieb will leak. They are a little on the big side, which may suit depending on how much stuff you like taking. However you won't know that until you start.
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Should do. Keep all your stuff in plastic bags though! Every pannier other than Ortlieb will leak. They are a little on the big side, which may suit depending on how much stuff you like taking. However you won't know that until you start.
Should do. Keep all your stuff in plastic bags though! Every pannier other than Ortlieb will leak. They are a little on the big side, which may suit depending on how much stuff you like taking. However you won't know that until you start.
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Especially the toilet roll.
Especially the toilet roll.
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I once spent a happy evening drying my passport during a tour in Australia. I narrowly avoided it becoming pulp.
Few things are more miserable than crawling into a damp sleeping bag! Rubble bags are brilliant pannier liners. I even use them as a makeshift washing bowl.
At the very least those panniers will owe you nothing in finding out what kind of touring you like (fast and light or taking your home comforts) and save a costly mistake. One of the most impressive guys I have met touring was touring the west coast of the US with a tarp and two blankets rolled up along with a toothbrush and a bar of soap. He was on a £150 bike and having just as much fun as anyone else.
I once spent a happy evening drying my passport during a tour in Australia. I narrowly avoided it becoming pulp.
Few things are more miserable than crawling into a damp sleeping bag! Rubble bags are brilliant pannier liners. I even use them as a makeshift washing bowl.
At the very least those panniers will owe you nothing in finding out what kind of touring you like (fast and light or taking your home comforts) and save a costly mistake. One of the most impressive guys I have met touring was touring the west coast of the US with a tarp and two blankets rolled up along with a toothbrush and a bar of soap. He was on a £150 bike and having just as much fun as anyone else.
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I have a regulae supply of ziplock heavy duty bags that the dog food comes in.
I have a regulae supply of ziplock heavy duty bags that the dog food comes in.
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Thing I've done for years and years is go to cafe's and get sauce, sugar, pepper and salt sachets and also get loads of UHT milk tub thingys. Really handy as your not faffing on with large packets and if your just making tea you don't need to faff on carrying milk in a bottle and worrying it will go off.
Home bargains sell cheap sport branded microfiber towels which pack miniscule for less than one and a half quid, and lidl and aldi sell packs of them in four or five. I have one to clean myself and a smaller one to clean pots.
Also if you plan on staying on campsites or youth hostels or anywhere with a bin, go to asda and buy a pack of cheap pants and socks and once you've worn them for a day just chuck em in the bin. You are carrying less bulk and smells.
A bar bag can be really useful for items such as a camera, wallet and maps and also any items of value. A good model by Carradice or Ortlieb can easily be detached if you want to go sit down somewhere or go in a shop.
Also don't take toilet roll take anti-bacterial wipes can be used to clean yourself after the toilet and if you are a bit smelly.
Hope you enjoy your trip
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Thing I've done for years and years is go to cafe's and get sauce, sugar, pepper and salt sachets and also get loads of UHT milk tub thingys. Really handy as your not faffing on with large packets and if your just making tea you don't need to faff on carrying milk in a bottle and worrying it will go off.
Home bargains sell cheap sport branded microfiber towels which pack miniscule for less than one and a half quid, and lidl and aldi sell packs of them in four or five. I have one to clean myself and a smaller one to clean pots.
Also if you plan on staying on campsites or youth hostels or anywhere with a bin, go to asda and buy a pack of cheap pants and socks and once you've worn them for a day just chuck em in the bin. You are carrying less bulk and smells.
A bar bag can be really useful for items such as a camera, wallet and maps and also any items of value. A good model by Carradice or Ortlieb can easily be detached if you want to go sit down somewhere or go in a shop.
Also don't take toilet roll take anti-bacterial wipes can be used to clean yourself after the toilet and if you are a bit smelly.
Hope you enjoy your trip
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Good tips. Thanks. I was given a bar bag with clip. I don't take milk. I have a couple of micro fibre towels. Next is menu items.
Good tips. Thanks. I was given a bar bag with clip. I don't take milk. I have a couple of micro fibre towels. Next is menu items.
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