Originally Posted by
hybridbkrdr
I do have some Sunlite panniers although I can't remember the name. It's a bag on each side and large enough for two grocery bags (the bags "overflow" at the top but that's OK). The only thing about them is they're not waterproof but I suppose I could always try modifying them in some way like glueing some plastic inside the top part.
Maybe get some drybags?
A couple years ago I talked to some bike tourists going the opposite direction that I was going. One had no panniers, instead he had those giant steel wire mesh baskets.