So had a really dreadful ride on Friday...
It started bad when I left Aldi and realised it was blowing and raining , there was no shelter to load the trike due to social distancing and racks of flowers/plants outside the store and so I had to load in the rain.
The loading did not go well as there was already a breakfast cereal sized box [ needed posting ] and the other pannier is 1/3 full of tools/inner tubes etc etc.
The stuff just would not fit I couldn't get the pannier straps to loosen then they wouldn't tighten and the panniers bulged and rub on the wheels...
It was 2 miles to my mothers which barely reduced the load and then another 8 miles with a 24mph down hill with a constant sound track of shrieking tyres.
The reason for most of the woe was a modification I did to the rear rack after last years successful Holland trip , the modification put the panniers facing the wheels and I lost the tent mounting frame and my 2 water bottle rack bummer ! just to get the rack to bolt on so I could build the stalled wooden rear fairing.
So Friday afternoon as there is unlikely to be a Holland trip this year out came the grinder.
The idea is to still make the rack bolt on but reverse the panniers again and maybe add the missing racks.
So this is the successful configuration ...
and this is ' fails miserably ' !!!
Which leads to this
so cut about ..
Got the perimeter back and the pannier facing inwards still bolt on though
Just left with a bit of cut and shut on this corner then maybe brace the corner down to the c clamp , that is holding a vertical that will be bolted where the clamp is.
Then I really need to work on the cr*p panniers...
Cardboard in back has seen better days allowing them to sag forward aided and abetted by the appalling brackets being to low and to far from the corners allowing them to sag at the slightest load.
the brackets are also more suited to 10mm tubing and so the panniers rock backwards and forwards , not good when they face the wheel.
Only having a single mounting at the bottom of the pannier causes it to sway as well contacting the wheel when cornering...
Suppose what do you expect for £14 a pair ?
Looking better already....