MAKE YOUR OWN POPBOTTLE PANNIER

Introduction

These popbottle panniers are very easy to make and are lighter and more aerodynamically than panniers. The length of the popbottles adjust to amount of stuff place inside. I used bungee stretch cords to fasten then to the top tube of the bike or to the rack. I also find many other uses for these when bikepacking and backpacking. For getting water, for washing hands and body, for washing clothes, for holding and carring gear, for hanging food in trees and also my windsreen pot stand fit neatly inside.

Fargo and Big K popbottles and the tool need for project, scissors.

Materials List

• Fargo popbottle
• Big K popbottle

Instructions

Simply cut top off of the popbottles and remove the labels. Insert the Fargo popbottle inside the Big K popbottle (Fargo is slightly smaller than Big K). Use bungee strap or braid elastic band or tape to hold bottles together.

The popbottle pannier fasten to the top tube with bungee stretch cords and with a cookpot over the one end of the popbottle.

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