I made very similar but less robust panniers out of plastic Target 8 gallon kitchen trash cans on sale (in those long-ago days) for about $5 each: bit of dowel and toe straps, Fly rack. Each took a standard paper grocery sack; best panniers, for practicality, that I ever used. But they looked dorky and diminished me in the eyes of roadies, so I gave them up.
Fondly recall the very light, tout 531 1973 Motobecane Grand Record, stripped and with a 67" fixed gear that for a couple of years was my main errand and commuting bike. It handled very well carrying 40 lb + rear loads in those trash cans; best rear load carrier I've owned, tho' one of the lighter frames I've owned, too. Odd. On Sun, Feb 15, 2026 at 9:49 PM Armand Kizirian <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm reminded of these kitty litter box panniers: > https://www.adventurecycling.org/blog/hauling-it-all-make-your-own-panniers/ > > > Maybe a walk down the household cleaner items aisle will surface a > rectangular bucket the right size. > > On Sunday, February 15, 2026 at 8:07:41 PM UTC-8 [email protected] > wrote: > >> Thank you to everyone! I'll keep the post updated when i have a good >> solution. I actually thought of the bearproof container, but had trouble >> finding one small enough, but i'll keep looking. >> > -- 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 view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgsE2R7hAXhN7uz%2Buw1jb8cZ64%3DA3pjxGHU8Asd2hw1iig%40mail.gmail.com.
