Tell me about racks and panniers

[sim667]

Do ortileb bags need a specific bag?

 

[not-bono-ever]

they just slide a and clip straight onto a common or garden rack- they did with mine anyway ( Oxford IIRC)

 

[BigTom]

I'm also one for ortliebs, expensive but high quality.
Clips are adjustable so should fit all racks but annoyingly i've got a new bike and got a Blackburn rack and it doesn't fit, i'll have to hacksaw off a cross piece that seems to be there to fit Blackburn bags. So probably avoid them unless you can try them first.

 

[Dogsauce]

I imagine Ortleibs are the sort of thing you could pick up cheap on eBay/Shpock etc. just by searching for likely misspellings of the brand name.