Originally Posted by
canklecat
Improvised bags are a PITA without the mounting hardware for racks. More trouble than it's worth. And potentially dangerous if a strap flops into the wheels. Been there, done that. Finally got proper bike panniers and handlebar bags.
Wife found an old East German backpack for next to nothing. Great on an explorer rack till one day (after many hours of riding) something caused it to rotate just enough to catch a buckle onto a spoke.... The perfect storm continued as I was on a sidewalk and going straight.... The skid marks are still there. Unfortunately my rack is not quite straight to this day....
What Canklecat said!