Pannier Slippage - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

08-31-2004, 12:50 PM

I'm a newbie bike commuter. I ride lots, but this is the first time I've
ever tried to commute. I got a rack and a pannier for my old hardtail
MTB. The rack is by Trek, I think, and the Pannier is Delta. When the
pannier is far enough back on the rack, it works great. The problem is
that the pannier tends to slide forward on the racks's rails to where it
interferes with my pedaling (i.e. negative heel-to-pannier clearance).

So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding too far
forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good solution to this
problem so I can take advantage of it without having to work something
out for myself.

Thanks,

>>Dave

08-31-2004, 02:05 PM

David Newman <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

[snip]
> So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding
> too far forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good
> solution to this problem so I can take advantage of it without
> having to work something out for myself.

I put electrical tape over the part of the rack that the pannier's
brackets fit over. It doesn't work perfectly, especially when I hit
big bumps, but it's a lot better than nothing, and doesn't interfere
with attaching/detaching the pannier.

--
Ray Heindl
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08-31-2004, 02:05 PM

David Newman <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

[snip]
> So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding
> too far forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good
> solution to this problem so I can take advantage of it without
> having to work something out for myself.

I put electrical tape over the part of the rack that the pannier's
brackets fit over. It doesn't work perfectly, especially when I hit
big bumps, but it's a lot better than nothing, and doesn't interfere
with attaching/detaching the pannier.

--
Ray Heindl
(remove the Xs to reply to: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ])

08-31-2004, 02:05 PM

David Newman <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

[snip]
> So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding
> too far forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good
> solution to this problem so I can take advantage of it without
> having to work something out for myself.

I put electrical tape over the part of the rack that the pannier's
brackets fit over. It doesn't work perfectly, especially when I hit
big bumps, but it's a lot better than nothing, and doesn't interfere
with attaching/detaching the pannier.

--
Ray Heindl
(remove the Xs to reply to: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ])

08-31-2004, 02:05 PM

David Newman <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

[snip]
> So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding
> too far forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good
> solution to this problem so I can take advantage of it without
> having to work something out for myself.

I put electrical tape over the part of the rack that the pannier's
brackets fit over. It doesn't work perfectly, especially when I hit
big bumps, but it's a lot better than nothing, and doesn't interfere
with attaching/detaching the pannier.

--
Ray Heindl
(remove the Xs to reply to: [Only registered and activated users can see links. ])

08-31-2004, 02:34 PM

"David Newman" wrote

> I'm a newbie bike commuter. I ride lots, but this is the first time I've
> ever tried to commute. I got a rack and a pannier for my old hardtail
> MTB. The rack is by Trek, I think, and the Pannier is Delta. When the
> pannier is far enough back on the rack, it works great. The problem is
> that the pannier tends to slide forward on the racks's rails to where it
> interferes with my pedaling (i.e. negative heel-to-pannier clearance).
>
> So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding too far
> forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good solution to this
> problem so I can take advantage of it without having to work something
> out for myself.

Could you put a small hose clamp on the bar/rail to which the panniers
attach, just forward of the point where you want it to stop? You'd
probably want to use some sort of insert to protect against paint/metal
damage--something like a wrap of electrical tape or a scrap of an old tube.

08-31-2004, 02:34 PM

"David Newman" wrote

> I'm a newbie bike commuter. I ride lots, but this is the first time I've
> ever tried to commute. I got a rack and a pannier for my old hardtail
> MTB. The rack is by Trek, I think, and the Pannier is Delta. When the
> pannier is far enough back on the rack, it works great. The problem is
> that the pannier tends to slide forward on the racks's rails to where it
> interferes with my pedaling (i.e. negative heel-to-pannier clearance).
>
> So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding too far
> forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good solution to this
> problem so I can take advantage of it without having to work something
> out for myself.

Could you put a small hose clamp on the bar/rail to which the panniers
attach, just forward of the point where you want it to stop? You'd
probably want to use some sort of insert to protect against paint/metal
damage--something like a wrap of electrical tape or a scrap of an old tube.

08-31-2004, 02:34 PM

"David Newman" wrote

> I'm a newbie bike commuter. I ride lots, but this is the first time I've
> ever tried to commute. I got a rack and a pannier for my old hardtail
> MTB. The rack is by Trek, I think, and the Pannier is Delta. When the
> pannier is far enough back on the rack, it works great. The problem is
> that the pannier tends to slide forward on the racks's rails to where it
> interferes with my pedaling (i.e. negative heel-to-pannier clearance).
>
> So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding too far
> forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good solution to this
> problem so I can take advantage of it without having to work something
> out for myself.

Could you put a small hose clamp on the bar/rail to which the panniers
attach, just forward of the point where you want it to stop? You'd
probably want to use some sort of insert to protect against paint/metal
damage--something like a wrap of electrical tape or a scrap of an old tube.

08-31-2004, 02:34 PM

"David Newman" wrote

> I'm a newbie bike commuter. I ride lots, but this is the first time I've
> ever tried to commute. I got a rack and a pannier for my old hardtail
> MTB. The rack is by Trek, I think, and the Pannier is Delta. When the
> pannier is far enough back on the rack, it works great. The problem is
> that the pannier tends to slide forward on the racks's rails to where it
> interferes with my pedaling (i.e. negative heel-to-pannier clearance).
>
> So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding too far
> forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good solution to this
> problem so I can take advantage of it without having to work something
> out for myself.

Could you put a small hose clamp on the bar/rail to which the panniers
attach, just forward of the point where you want it to stop? You'd
probably want to use some sort of insert to protect against paint/metal
damage--something like a wrap of electrical tape or a scrap of an old tube.

08-31-2004, 03:15 PM

In article <Xns9556B81C98714amfmssb@130.133.1.4>,
Ray Heindl <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> David Newman <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
> [snip]
> > So my question is: how do people keep their pannier from sliding
> > too far forward? I'm hoping someone else has worked out a good
> > solution to this problem so I can take advantage of it without
> > having to work something out for myself.
>
> I put electrical tape over the part of the rack that the pannier's
> brackets fit over. It doesn't work perfectly, especially when I hit
> big bumps, but it's a lot better than nothing, and doesn't interfere
> with attaching/detaching the pannier.

Oh. That gives me an idea, how about grip-tape? Thanks for the
inspiration!

>>Dave