Previously we did not have any pannier bags for our bikes. If we did shopping or similar we simply carried everything in our back packs. That is fine for short trips but biking several days with heavy trekking rucksacks would ruin our backs in no time.
Roughly two week ago I ordered a cheap Raleigh Triple pannier for Dora's bike. For 16 pounds it seems to be fine. The capacity is 28 liters so it is not huge but taking into account the load limit on her bike's seat post mounted pannier rack that should be enough. The big question is how water proof the set is - I will take them to shower soon.
For my bike we managed to borrow front and back panniers (thank you Tanya!). They seem to be better quality and they provide much more storage space. I am not sure whether we need front bags - at the moment we do not have front pannier rack. A packing exercise will tell that later.
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