Panniers for Cannondale 613?
01-28-09, 05:39 PM
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Panniers for Cannondale 613?
I have a Cannondale 613 but recently got interested in touring. I'm thinking about starting with a 2 day ride (about 120 total miles) and camping overnight. The touring site seems to favor panniers over a trailer. Has anyone ever put panniers on a road bike like my 613? What frame and bags would you recommend?
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Not what the bike was designed for. Knowing that bike, I think a trailor would be your best option. A rack would be difficult to mount on your frame. You can get the rack that floats off the seatpost, but I'd never use one for panniers. WAAAAAY too easy for that rack to go into your spokes.
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Short chain stay bikes don't like panniers. You'll probably hit them with your heels.
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MEC offers well priced, very durable panniers. You may be able to find some small ones for short stays
www.mec.ca
www.mec.ca
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I would just get a trailer. I also tour and use panniers, but I have a bike made for that purpose. If I didn't I would just get a bob and hit the road. Road bikes run low spoke counts and short stays like mentioned above.
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I understand Cannondale recommends against using a trailer with their carbon fiber frames.
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I wonder what they say about 40 lbs in panniers as well.....
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Check out the touring forum here, there are a number of threads about touring on a road bike, including one from me with a rack recommendation (Tubus Fly) that should work with any road bike, with a 40 pound limit. Heel strike could be an issue, wasn't for me but I have smallish girl feet. Lone Peak makes inexpensive and very usable panniers.
Trailers blow, IMO, (mine tried to kill me) but YMMV.
www.thetouringstore.com for Tubus racks, Lone Peak and Orltieb panniers, and great advice from Wayne.
Trailers blow, IMO, (mine tried to kill me) but YMMV.
www.thetouringstore.com for Tubus racks, Lone Peak and Orltieb panniers, and great advice from Wayne.
