Best bang for your buck modular system
11-04-09, 04:32 PM
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Best bang for your buck modular system
Is it Bontrager/Trek Interchange line, Topeak, Axiom, or ??
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11-04-09, 06:34 PM
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Dunno, I have Trek Interchange panniers that work great with a Topeak Explorer rack and an MTX trunk bag 
11-04-09, 07:15 PM
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I have no frame of reference I roll with an Xtracycle. Does everything I need/want it to.
11-04-09, 08:05 PM
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And do you use velcro to attach the trunk to the rack, or are you saying that Trek's and Topeak's quick release systems are compatible with each other?
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11-05-09, 09:25 PM
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Bike ≠ Car ≠ Ped.
I have some panniers that I can hang off the sides of my Topeak rack, and I can still slide a Topeak trunk bag or basket into the track on top.
11-05-09, 09:28 PM
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Bike ≠ Car ≠ Ped.
Let me put it this way --
Bang-for-the-buck here, I'd say, includes multiple configurations. Trunk bags are everywhere, as are panniers. There aren't lots of baskets around, though, and sometimes a basket is pretty darn nice to use -- that's all my sister uses now, for example. Slide-on baskets are even more rare.
Going with that, I'd put Topeak right up there.
Bang-for-the-buck here, I'd say, includes multiple configurations. Trunk bags are everywhere, as are panniers. There aren't lots of baskets around, though, and sometimes a basket is pretty darn nice to use -- that's all my sister uses now, for example. Slide-on baskets are even more rare.
Going with that, I'd put Topeak right up there.
11-06-09, 08:22 AM
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The Topeak basket is sweet, I can carry a 30 pack of beer in it :thumb. Axiom makes a cool looking aluminum basket too.
