Basil bike bags

p_pitstop · Post by **p_pitstop** » 18 Dec 2007, 9:24am

Has anyone tried the bike bags made by Basil ? http://www.basil.nl/gb/home/ I'm thinking of getting a couple of Mirte bags for light shopping as they look a bit more 'normal' than carrying 2 Carradice Super C rear panniers about town.

yoyo · Post by **yoyo** » 18 Dec 2007, 10:25am

These are sold in the Dutch Bike Shop in Littlehampton. When we cycled the Danube Radweg in Austria panniers like these were included in our cycle hire. They were good on the bike as they were easy to attach and were quite rigid. I found them awkward to carry round in shops etc. I have since bought a Batavus touring bike and have opted for Ortlieb Roller Classics. I have only used them once. They are easy to attach to the carrier and very easy to carry as shoulder bags or rucksacks and they have more than adequate capacity for my needs.

Yoyo

essexman · Post by **essexman** » 18 Dec 2007, 11:13am

I assume your an A2B reader? If not , the Dec A2B mag had a positive review of these.

Both my wife and me are really tempted by them they look great.