- Does anyone make pannier bags out of dyneema, xpac, UltraPE 400 or something similar modern material?
- Does anyone make like around 25L /5,5 gal (one bag) drybag style panniers?
I have a small front rack and a regular rear rack. I thought I could strap a regular whatever ~20-30L dry bag on top of the front rack, then I'd need like 40-50L total in rear. Front situation is easily solved, but rear bags are a problem.
My backpacking weighs around 6 kilograms / 13 lbs, but it takes some room. While backpacking my backpack has a 80L dry bag style bag where I just stuff in everything in the same bag and it's done. That is quite too big for bicycling, so I guess I need to divide the stuff in smaller bags.
There are a million ultra heavy badly designed bags with a million zippers, pouches, weird straps etc. Does anyone make "modern" panniers? It feels like someone invented a hard to use bag 100 years ago and then everyone just keeps copying them, instead of innovating.
Maybe someone makes uhh pannier "nets" where I can put in my own regular dry bags? Dry bag design and closure is so superior to anything else that I don't really want to change away from it. Dry bags always keep my gear dry in all conditions and I can close one in a few seconds without any fiddling at all, and they always stay closed. Access is fast, just unbuckle one buckle and you have everything inside at hand right away.