Pannier and rack combo
Hello everyone I am in the learning, research part of getting into biketouring. When I started road biking about 4 years ago I made a lot of costly mistakes by buying lower quality gear that I have been replacing. I don’t want to make costly mistakes with biketouring.
Ortliebs pannier bags seem to be the bags to get. Are there cheaper quality alternatives, or should I just get the best (I am assuming they are the best). I don’t mind spending the money, but I also don’t want to pay for a name. Next question - is there a rack that works best with the Ortlieb bags and are there racks to avoid. I have a hybrid gravel bike with disc brakes and quick release axles (plan to replace it with a through axle).
I am not planning any trips this year as I will be working on getting the gear. But next year will be planning a weekend shake-out the gear trip and then a longer (7-10) railtrail trip. Thanks
P.S. any other resource, Youtube channels recommendations to start builing my knowledge base