Originally Posted by
acidfast7
personally, I just cycle over to ALDI or LIDL with a backpack and it's not a problem. Backpacks always win, hands down. Panniers are useless for mutlimodal commuting.
Can you elaborate on that? Interested in your experience cause my wife has been tiring of carrying everything in a backpack or messenger bag, and we just put in a rack with the intent of buying panniers & a rack-top bag. Thanks for any opinions.