Originally Posted by
staehpj1
I did once have the hardware fail on a cloth pannier and it got dragged at speed. It survived surprisingly well.
Oh I've had commercially made cloth panniers fall off several times over the years. Once, when I was in Florida, the one with my wallet in it fell off, and I didn't notice it right away. I backtracked and found it pretty quickly, but it made for a few anxious moments! When I got home, I took them off and never used them again. 'Sold em at our next yard sale.