More than a year ago I reviewed the Nashbar Grocer Bag Pannier. It is a nice bag for $9. Where it could be improved would be if you could somehow secure the bag from billowing out under load, had some sort of closure and was made of a little bit better material. But hey it was $9.
I have been using a Lone Peak saddlebag on my road bike for years. It still looks brand new. It is well though out with reflective material on the back, and waterproof material on the bottom.
I have been doing most of my grocery shopping on the bike lately so I decided it was time to get a nicer grocery bag pannier. For $30 Lone Peak makes the GP-850 Grocery Bag Pannier.
It pretty much addressed every short coming of the Nashbar pannier. First it is made out of tough cordura. Then it has a clip on the outside to hold the bag flat when empty, also the same clip can keep the bag from billowing out from the weight of a full grocery bag.
Then it has a draw string to keep things from falling out of the bag.
It is a little taller than the Nashbar bag. Also where the Nashbar bag uses cardboard for rigidity, this bag uses plastic.
The attachment system is much nicer too, it uses hooks that you can click shut.
And lastly look at that serious bungee and hook closure.
It’s well worth the $30. I got mine form Lickbike.com which shipped a little slow and did not provide me with any shipping info until I called. But to their credit they were incredibly nice and gave me the tracking number when I called. I’d buy from Lickbike again.
Check out Lonepeak here: www.lonepeakpacks.com