[RBW] Re: Converting horse panniers to bike panniers

2008-12-15 Thread Bill M.
My guess that they have no internal stiffening, so you'd have to improvise some sort of interior structure to keep them from flopping into the wheel. I'm wildly allergic to horses, so all of my steeds are made of steel! Bill On Dec 15, 9:25 am, Weird Harold wrote: > I have been checking out so

[RBW] Re: Converting horse panniers to bike panniers

2008-12-15 Thread Gino Zahnd
If I'd seen the ad, I might know how to respond here. But my wise ass detector is currently going off. :-) On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 2:17 PM, Bruce wrote: > I dunno, have you seen Gino's legs? Reminds me of that track runner in the > Blackberry ads. > > -- > *From:* D

[RBW] Re: Converting horse panniers to bike panniers

2008-12-15 Thread Angus
My wife and daughters ride horses. Best I can tell, there is NO consideration given to weight with horse equipment. Over the weekend I have to help my wife carry her saddle to the barn. I knew my B-17 wasn't light, but I don't have any issue picking it up!!! Angus On Dec 15, 2:27 pm, "Doug Pe

[RBW] Re: Converting horse panniers to bike panniers

2008-12-15 Thread Bruce
I dunno, have you seen Gino's legs? Reminds me of that track runner in the Blackberry ads. From: Doug Peterson Since the horse folks are dealing with about 10X as much power as most of us --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You re

[RBW] Re: Converting horse panniers to bike panniers

2008-12-15 Thread Doug Peterson
At $26 to $50 they look like a bargain. Didn't notice if that was for each bag or "one horses worth" but even per bag it ain't bad. You could invest in a lot of customizing at that price. For cycling, my question would be the weight. Since the horse folks are dealing with about 10X as much p

[RBW] Re: Converting horse panniers to bike panniers

2008-12-15 Thread PATRICK MOORE
Those are cheap! I know that some Dutch city bike panniers are all of a piece and simply drape over your rack. It looks like these might work in a similar fashion, perhaps after shortening the joining flap? On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Weird Harold wrote: > > I have been checking out some h