I routinely cycle with one pannier; I've never noticed any balance problem as a result.
I don't have any special knowledge about how to find a backpack pannier. I do have a warning which might or might not apply to them: my panniers have a shoulder strap but if you use this often then the hooks that attach the pannier to the rack wear a hole in the back of your coat.
At least for the pannier I have, it's possible to get replacement hooks for when they break. Obviously if they break regularly then that's rubbish though…
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Date: 2011-03-28 07:33 pm (UTC)I routinely cycle with one pannier; I've never noticed any balance problem as a result.
I don't have any special knowledge about how to find a backpack pannier. I do have a warning which might or might not apply to them: my panniers have a shoulder strap but if you use this often then the hooks that attach the pannier to the rack wear a hole in the back of your coat.
At least for the pannier I have, it's possible to get replacement hooks for when they break. Obviously if they break regularly then that's rubbish though…