Hi Subash Myself and many of my friends have only good to report about the Ortlieb line of bike bags made of waterproof, ultrasonic welded truck tarp like material and equally waterproof roll n snap buckle lids. There are also light editions with thinner, equally waterproof but inevitably less wear resistant (under hard use that is, they are just fine for anything short of banging them about) as well as special editions such as one for Greenpeace and several made for various dealers. Our local Globetrotter has one such edition; they're bright orange with a small Globetrotter print - to see them point your browser to www.globetrotter.de and enter the search string _ ortlieb orange line _ the results are all 25 to 30 % cheaper than the non edition models. If you can't purchase them locally, I can get them for you (any version you like); I used to work for one supplier of Globetrotter so I get an additional 20 % off any item shown in their online shop - just say the word. Cheers Ecke p...@knarf Ortlieb is the leading brand of messenger bags over here - how's that in TO; ever heard of them?
2010/1/24 Subash <[email protected]>: > hi, > > since there are quite a few (more) experienced (than me) cyclists here, > i thought i would pick your brains. i am putting together the kit for > my july ride in the himalayas. i am roughly planning to do about 1000 > km over 20 days. > > i am looking to get a (pair of) rear bicycle panniers for the ride. i > have no idea what to look for except that it needs to be: > > 1) big enough to carry basic necessities to last at least a week. i am > not carrying a tent or stove or tinned food this time so that would be > basically clothes, plenty of nutribars/electral, woollens, thermals, > spares and repair kit. and the k-x with the sigma 17-70 (does that > bring this post on topic? :)) > > 2) reasonably light > > 3) july/august it rains in the himalayas, especially the lower > himalayas so it'd be nice if it is waterproof too.... > > so what would you recommend? and, thanks in advance for your inputs. > appreciate it... > > regards, subash > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
