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I'm starting to cycle to work and wondering what size rucksack to go for.
I have a 65L hiking rucksack already but I reckon that might be a little bit too big.
What do you use?
30 litre Karrimor Hot with a liner. Or a pannier bag depending on the bike.
Medium size panniers.
A 25L pannier
An Altura Urban pannier
65Litres is way too big. My 40litre is also too big and my carrying 2 or 3st in it is also silly. Buy a small bag and don't carry so much stuff.
Used panniers for a while, but gone back to a 25litre Vaude. Drive in on Friday and take shirts etc in for the following week, easy.
30 litre dakine bag thinks its a 101. looks a bit like a schoolbag, but it's excellent, comfy, lots of pockets and plenty of protection for llaptops etc. love it.
25l Camelbak on Mondays with a weeks clothing in, then everything in jersey pockets for the rest of the week. I iz roadie 🙂
camelbak hoss for me. 23ltr waterproof.
A 25L pannier
20L Quechua one and a beam rack with drybag if too small. SOmetimes (if its been a wet day at work, or I forgot something) a 40L old Lowe alpine..
18 litre Agu pannier.
I use a Camelback Octane 8 for my commute, most of the time its big enough for what I need to carry (towel a fresh set of cycling gear for the ride home and some other odds and ends) but if I need more space I just have to undo the centre zip and I gain a few more litres of space.
Camelback HAWG here
camelbak mule for me
Leave stuff at work and just take a rack pack on the top of the pannier
I'm not sure if it's 65 or 45 litre but it is too big.
I have a 25 litre karrimor bag but I don't think I will get a change of clothes and my dinner in it.
I think mine is 30L, it's an Ogio backpack/hydration pack. Enough room for trousers,shoes,polo shirt, small repair kit,some water/snackbars, waterproof.