Arkel vs racoons
06-27-08, 03:34 PM
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Arkel vs racoons
Last night, a racoon tried to eat trough my Arkel T28 pannier. I had nowhere else to put it except on the ground and had put all the food inside ziplocs so I guess the racoon liked what was in it a lot.
The T-28 passed the racoon test. The raincover, however, did not. Funny thing is that this afternoon I wanted to stop at Arkel (I was passing through Lennoxville where there they are located), for a scrap piece of fabric to fix the raincover, but I couldn't find the place. Someday, I'll find it.
I'm on a 6 day tour with my girlfriend. Just riding around Montreal and Sherbrooke. Lots of fun, but crappy weather.
The T-28 passed the racoon test. The raincover, however, did not. Funny thing is that this afternoon I wanted to stop at Arkel (I was passing through Lennoxville where there they are located), for a scrap piece of fabric to fix the raincover, but I couldn't find the place. Someday, I'll find it.
I'm on a 6 day tour with my girlfriend. Just riding around Montreal and Sherbrooke. Lots of fun, but crappy weather.
06-27-08, 04:41 PM
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Just wait until a bear finds your panniers. If you have some nylon cord or line you could throw a length over a tree limb and hoist the bags off of the ground.
06-27-08, 05:01 PM
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Glad your pannier escaped without damage. I'd wager on the raccoon in any raccoon vs. pannier battle!....
06-27-08, 05:03 PM
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I'll definitely keep that advice in mind though.
06-27-08, 09:43 PM
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I had raccoons raid my campsite last year and they managed to unzip my Arkel panniers....sneaky devils!
06-28-08, 04:24 AM
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When we were raided by raccoons they didn't rip anything, they unzipped. The weird part is that they also rezipped some of the pockets. As a result we found chewed, half eaten powerbars in a pocket a day later.
06-28-08, 10:21 AM
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