Sadly, I have never done any bicycle touring with racks and bags. However, my suggestions would be go with Tubus racks: https://www.tubus.com/en/products/ or with Old Man Mountain: https://oldmanmountain.com/ paired with Arkel panniers: https://arkel.ca/
A long time ago, I was planning a bike tour with my daughter back in 2011. However, she injured her knee and in turn we had to cancel the trip. I bought one set of used Old Man Mountain racks and two used sets of Arkel f/r panniers. The Arkel GT-52 for the rear and the Arkel GT-18 for the front. I sold my f/r pair on eBay along time ago, However, I still have the Old Man Mountain f/r racks and my daughter's pair of GT-52 panniers. I washed them the other day. They look brand new. I can proclaim that the Arkel panniers are very well made with lots of compartments with heavy duty zippers and waterproof covers. Unfortunately, I am unable to share any experience or knowledge of how my Old Man Mountain racks hold up under load conditions. Dreaming of one day bike camping with my Clem Smith Jr. "L" bike, Kim Hetzel Yelm, WA. -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4aaa566c-3ddb-4b1c-8031-d85dbb5ec17fn%40googlegroups.com.
