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So, I have a 29er which I'm dragging into winter commuting duty. Usually once a week or so I need to take clothes, food etc into work. Usually I'll have a pair of jeans or two, a towel, half a dozen t-shirts and maybe a couple of jars of coffee etc. I've always just piled it all in my Oakley Toolbox backpack and made do, but lately I've had a bad back and riding with the full backpack aggrivated it.
On impulse, I got one of these cheap:
Trouble is, I now don't know what to do with it. Do I just try and lash my back pack to it? Would that be suitable for mini-panniers without having proper supports other than the one bar? I originally envisioned something like a Swift Ozette, but the only way I can see that working would be with a VO decaleur, but that's a bit goofy and would look a bit crap hanging off the MTB whenever the bag wasn't in use.
Is there a better option? Also, cheaper...decaleur + swift bag feels like a lot to me for something I've been (so far) perfectly happy to live without.