@ronwalf 7886 wrote:
Do they make panniers rated for submersion? The Paint Branch trail had water up to my knees under the Metro/CSX tracks.
Ortlieb panniers are as close as I’ve found to being rated for submersion. The ones that I’ve got are basically like a big ziplock bag. They did amazingly well on the two occasions that I completely submerged my cargo bike. Moving through water at any speed at all, however, puts a lot of strain on the clips that hold the panniers to rack. On one occasion the clip did not break, but I could see where it had bent a little.
Two sets of home-made bucket panniers proved to be perfectly water tight. They were made from the old, plastic cat littler buckets that are pretty hard to find these days. I did a pretty good job of sealing the holes that I drilled for mounting the hardware for hooking them to the rack.
The more fancy-pants bucket panniers that I made out of dog food storage containers that I got on sale at The Container Store did not fare so well. They were designed to be “generally air tight” but the hinges let water in and the plastic was brittle enough that the added force of moving through water cracked the plastic where the mounting hooks were connected.
I’m guessing that your question may not have been serious. My most sincere apologies for having an answer for you. I’ll try to be better (or worse) in the future.
Pete
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