Originally Posted by
myrridin
I am interested in camera some camera gear (DSLR, couple of lenses, a speedlight or two, and remotes) on my mountain bike and/or my road/touring bike. When I carry these, they will be the purpose of my ride (at least one of the purposes) so that other gear will be minimal.
I currently have racks on both bikes and have two Arkel Shopper panniers and an Arkel truck bag.
Neither of those bags have enough padding to make me comfortable with placing the equipment in them without some other protection. My current thought is to use my camera bad to hold the equipment and place that in one of the Arkel shoppers.
Are there other ideas? How do you carry camera equipment? Any issues with vibration causing damage? When I travel with the equipment I have a Pelican case I use, but it seems too large and bulky for the rack (It is an airline approved carry on).
I recently rode 5 miles with my LowePro Primus bag- worked well, though my back was a bit sweatier than when I just use my panniers for things. I also used to have a backpack with a removable padded insert (essentially a bag within a bag) that would be perfect to stuff inside a large pannier. After it was stolen, I wasn't able to find a similar backpack setup so I went with the Lowe Pro, but if you can find one, that might be the best of all worlds for you.