I don't have a strategy. I use the large Saddlesack, have them put the groceries in bags (now we have to supply our own) and just shove everything in. The load you describe (gallon milk, 2 bottles wine, maxipads, blueberries) would fit easily with no tetris problem. If I have a lot more than that, sometimes I end up unpacking some of the bags and carefully filling up the corners.
On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 1:54 PM, WETH <[email protected]> wrote: > Patrick, > That is quite the impressive load! Well done. > I use the large Saddlesack and load outside the store. I would be too > stressed trying to load while checking out, all with impatient folks behind > me. I take my items outside to my bike, analyze what I have, and load > accordingly. Similar to a game of tetrus. With your load I would have > placed the milk in first toward the back of the bag to get its weight more > forward and to give form to the bag. Last in would be fragile things like > fruit, which would go on top or closest to closure. Most likely that is what > you did. You could also strap lightweight bulky items to the top of the bag, > like the maxipads. ;) Assuming the medium bag has the ability to secure > straps to the outside this would give more room inside the bag. > I use a rack with the large Saddlesack and do not find room compromised; in > fact on my Surly the large would be unusable without the rack. The large is > designed, I believe, to be secured on the bottom to a rack and on top to the > saddle. There is no means to connect it to the seat post. > It sounds like you have a good system with the panniers. > Good luck, > Erl > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- Anne Paulson My hovercraft is full of eels -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
