Originally Posted by
valerie2776
Regarding the rear rack, I think I'm just gonna wait til I get to Montana and see what the lbses have to offer. And before buying panniers or other baskets, I will see how bungeeing my backpack to the rack goes, since I don't think I'd usually need any more carrying capacity than that.
When I started commuting I just was using my backpack. I hated getting sweaty under the backpack, and having the weight on my body.
So I started strapping my backpack to my rack. After a few bunches of times of the backpack falling off (and once I didn't notice it for a good long time)- I sourced some panniers.
I'm now the king of 30 year old Cannondale Panniers. Once you start rolling with panniers, you wonder how you lived without them.