Originally Posted by veganbikes

Quite possible but still a set of Ortliebs can be toured or commuted with for a long time or if I decide for whatever reason touring or cycling in general is not for me I can resell them easily and recoup decent money. Certainly I sell most of my Ortlieb stuff towards commuters but I don't run a bike touring specific shop as I know our market and it would take a lot to keep it going if it were primarily focused on that though one day maybe down the road if I moved I might like to open more of my dream shop and sell purely what I want to sell and avoid some of the stuff I could care less about.