1 Pannier tether ideas welcome Fri Jun 27, 2014 5:24 pm
robmack
Life time member
Hi,
I had a City Case pannier work itself loose today. It managed to hang on to the support bar by the lower latch until I stopped. Luckily no damage to either the case or the bike.
I'd like to install a tether to act as a backup in case this happens again. Or maybe a deployable latch to prevent the pannier from trying to lift upwards. I hope I can get some good ideas.
My idea for a tether is of a carabiner for clipping to the support bar, and attached to the back of the City Case using a short length of wire cable. It's simple but I don't know if it is the best. The idea of the latch would be to have a pin extend from inside the case just below the bar. When the pannier is attached, I deploy the pin.
I had a City Case pannier work itself loose today. It managed to hang on to the support bar by the lower latch until I stopped. Luckily no damage to either the case or the bike.
I'd like to install a tether to act as a backup in case this happens again. Or maybe a deployable latch to prevent the pannier from trying to lift upwards. I hope I can get some good ideas.
My idea for a tether is of a carabiner for clipping to the support bar, and attached to the back of the City Case using a short length of wire cable. It's simple but I don't know if it is the best. The idea of the latch would be to have a pin extend from inside the case just below the bar. When the pannier is attached, I deploy the pin.
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Robert
1987 K75 @k75retro.blogspot.ca