Originally Posted by
micah356
Is there any easy way to attach four panniers together as one piece of checked luggage?
One time I toured japan, and my friends each duct taped two panniers together and checked them as single bag. This backfired, and the bags did not arrive in Japan until 3 days later. They got inspected because it looked strange. My single bags came through on time, as did our bikes. The worst part was that all the tools were in the duct taped panniers, so we could not assemble our bikes.
You may have better luck putting your panniers and gear into a cardboard box, I've done this in the past. Just make sure you don't end up with an oversize item.