Originally Posted by
juggleaddict
This sounds crazy but after just yesterday I'm pretty sure my new commuter pannier makes people nicer. I guess they figure you're carrying a lot so they expect you to be slower or something? Put some big ole bags on the back, and fill them with pillows, or this:
Nice. I thought about putting something like that on my commuter. I would make it about 6 inches shorter than the 3 foot minimum here in WA, but make it flexible enough that if it was hit, it didn't knock me over. Now, to add something on the end that will leave a nice mark in their paint.....