Originally Posted by
Peterpan1
-MEC panniers are so snug on my rack that I have a hard enough time taking them off as is.-
Those would be the new ones with the snap on plastic mounts. Im still using the old ones that have metal hooks, as they did when I bought them 20 years ago, or whatever it was. I like the hooks because they are very simple and clean to attach and position, but they need a 4 point attachment to work properly. The four point is super secure adjustible, but hasnčt been all that popular, and now we have these snap on ones. i tried some new MECs and hated them compared to the earlier models. There were far fewer positons they could mount on a rack, and they were as heavy empty as my odd one is loaded. I think I have internal frame backpacks that weigh less.
I disagree about the weight having both a set of old and new ones. The difference is pretty small, mostly being the thickness of the board inside, neither of them are really light panniers, but they're not really performance equipment.. But the positioning, absolutely! The big clips can make it hard to put the panniers in that "perfect" position, if they happen to collide with any of the lateral brace tubing - which they often do considering how wide those clips are. Big pain on the one bike with the aluminum racks, but thankfully perfect for the rack on the Peugeot. You could always drill new holes into the pannier and re-mount the clips though, I think.