Originally Posted by
Tourist in MSN
One more note on water - you might note that the photo of my bike with the panniers, etc., I had three Smartwater brand one liter sized bottles in the cages. ...
I don't want to mislead anyone. My so-called "tours" are generally 40-50 miles a day in populated areas and they usually only last a weekend. Once I get going, though, I don't like to stop very often, so that's my only reason for wanting two accessible water bottles (and sometimes a third in my trunk bag). You made a very good point about taking the frame bag off when you stop. I use a quick-release Topeak rack bag/pannier set primarily because I want to be able to get it on and off quickly when I DO stop. I guess a frame bag would become a nuisance after a while.
Why don't they just build a locking storage space into the triangle of the frame?
Anyway, we seem to have hijacked this thread with another discussion about bags, haven't we?