5 Gallon Panniers

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5 Gallon Panniers

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Man, I love these things.

I'm carrying 22 lbs. of fresh fruit from Haymarket, in this picture.

I carried that amount of produce in shopping bags, tied and hung pannier style around my neck, once. Use panniers.

Prime the Jugs

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Cut the tops off of two five gallon jugs, with anything sharp. A Bandsaw is the fastest, but a knife or a hacksaw work too.

Lash It to Your Bike

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I made a whole bunch of figure eights though the jug handles. When they're full of stuff, they hang down and stay there.

And that's it!