Hard Panniers ?
Having followed the recent thread about hard panniers not being any good and being replaced by soft ones on the road has anyone got anything good to say about hard panniers.
I am on the edge of buying a pair of Touratech Zega Panniers with Touratech fitting kit and a Hepco & Becker pannier ring - design and build the fitting rack my self for extra strength.
In the short term it is to ride my XTZ660 round Ireland and then trips round europe, in the long term I want to head off in an Australia/Newzealand direction - if the Afgan section ever opens again, if not south america and ship it over to Aus and NZ.
Are they actually any good? - All sorts of roads and tracks expected.
Are there any other ones out there which are better - I really want the security of leaving a loaded bike to allow me to explore without finding somewhere else to lock u my kit.
PLUS:
Has anyone used the PacSafe kits yet? They have just released a DuffleSafe which totally encapsulates a bag - I though about using this as an additional method of locking a bag to the top rack.
All your thoughts and experience please to help me come to a decision.....
Thanks, Tony.
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Tony Robson
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