Originally Posted by
tjspiel
One thing I noticed during the couple of months I used panniers is that they would get pretty messy in foul weather. Not sure I'd really want to throw one covered with water and road grit on my back. A backpack strapped to the top of the rack would probably avoid that issu
In winter I run my panniers on the front instead of the rear. They still get a little messy but not as bad as if they were on the rear. It seems that the rear of the bike gets most of the road crap... I also use a messenger bag.