Clayton: Thank you much for the care to detail the conversions. It takes courage and persistence to go through a complete modification. It takes alot of effort to edit what you've done , considering all the the wrong paths, and then put it out as a set of directions someone else with less courage can follow. Good stuff.
Harry Travis On Oct 11, 9:57 am, clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all.....Just to update everyone on the durability of my German > Alpine rucksack panniers... I have done quite a bit of off road > touring with these, as well as my son. My son does not have the > physical ailments I do and is and off road racer. He abused the > panniers, with lots of heavily loaded off road, fast, non suspended > riding. I abused them as well as I was able, riding lots of single > track through manzanita, brush and quite a few instant stops by > accidently catching pine trees with the pannier. I washed them in a > commercial tumble drier after my cat puked on one. The green faded a > bit, but no tears, no torn stitches, no failed glue and no wear > through. I use them weekly to get groceries, with a load of about 60 > lbs as the largest. They work great, and my bike is now my car, and > will be for the next ten years or so, or as long as my body can pedal. > I am sure the panniers will last as least that long. They now sport a > 'carfree' patch. > > Peace to all, Clayton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
