![]() Light commuter, easy access, fully functioning regular backpack. The pack is by no means 70 L ( I think it is 22) but it is still a great compromise. I have hiked with a 3 litre bladder in the interior pouch too. It turns into a hiking day pack with hip and chest strap in like 10 seconds. The pack's sleeve on the back unzips and can be tucked away in a velcro compartment on the bottom (inside of which you can also keep a rain fly). If the bag is kind of empty and things can slide around I notice when I get off that things can be drooped to one side but I never notice while riding. You can secure, with a buckle that comes on the pack, the pack to your seat post. The pack has a sleeve on the back into which the rack slides. I've been doing that kind of thing for well over a year. I have commuted with two hefty laptops, lunch, and a change of clothes on it. The rack is great because I don't have any mounting points on my frame for traditional panniers. Such a thing does exist and it's the best! I own an Arkel Sherpack and Randonneur rack. For real walks I use an 80+ litre pack and often strap extra stuff to the outside. For comparison, my ultralight backpack is also 60 litres and it's explicitly "extreme" and designed for people willing to spend their way out of size and weight problems. ![]() My oversize panniers (bigger than an Ortleib rear pannier) are still only 60 litres or so, and they're ridiculously large by bicycle standards. Both bags also include bright yellow waterproof covers for when it rains - see last photo. apart - not adjustable ) can be covered by zippered panel for when youre carrying as a tote. It would be easier to use a travel pack to get the cover over the straps (straps and spoked wheels are a bad combination), but you could attach a sheet of ripstop nylon to the rack to get the same effect, or just put the worst of the straps facing out like this guy did. (Set of 2 Detours Ballard Market Panniers in gray, with neon yellow dahlia design on front pocket. It wouldn't be too hard to make a shelf at the bottom of the rack (probably below axle height) that would support the bottom of the backpack. This is how I would approach your problem, simply because panniers are all smaller than even a small backpack. This guy had built the whole rack himself so it included a stand as well as the pack. I've seen this done, but unfortunately we didn't have a common language to discuss how well it worked. Another option is to modify a rack so you can attach a backpack to it.
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