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Nuli

Does anyone have any grocery panniers they like?

I recently got a pair of Minnehaha grocery panniers but it doesn't seem like they'll ever fit right on Jandd racks. They sit too high for the top of the rack to be useful, they really interfere with saddle bags, and there's nothing on the bottom of the rack for the bags to clip on to (they have a triangle shaped clip that looks like it's supposed to wrap around a bare stay at the bottom of the rack but the Jandd racks just have a flat bottom).

I'm considering going for a pair of Carradice panniers and it looks like they'll sit low enough to allow the rack to be useful. Does anyone have panniers they like that sit as low as the Carradice panniers do?

Posted Jul 4, 2010, 4:47 AM UTC

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mackstann•

Another option is to get a different rack which has lower rails for the panniers to hang from. Like this (Topeak Super Tourist).

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NuliOP•

What's the max weight for that rack? I like the lower rails, that's something Jandd doesn't really do, but it's going to have the same problem with the bottom hook unfortunately.

I've considered a new rack, though I'm quite happy with the Jandd rack, and I'm leaning towards a [Tubus Cosmo](http://www.thetouringstore.com/TUBUS/Cosmo/COSMO PAGE.htm) more than anything else.

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oxfordcomma•

I have a jandd rack like yours and I use the bottom triangle all the time. My panniers have just a metal hook but I can get them to a high enough tension so they never move even though there is nothing keeping them from swinging side to side.

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NuliOP•

In this case the panniers have a triangle shaped hook that doesn't have anywhere to attach to. This picture shows a different bag from the same company but the lower attachment is similar, it looks circular in that case instead of a triangle. That bag seems much more useful really, wish I would have seen that one first.

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NuliOP•

Minnehaha has a surprisingly good turn around time on questions. The bags shipped with some missing pieces apparently.

http://store.banjobrothers.com/?p=171 is what you're supposed to use to attach them.

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