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the original saddlebag, hauling everything from monastery bread to your sad commuter sandwich.
means A basket or bag carried in pairs, slung over the back of an animal or the sides of a bicycle to haul cargo.
from From Old French 'panier,' meaning bread basket, which traces straight back to Latin 'panarium' — a vessel for bread — built on 'panis,' bread. So at its root the pannier was literally where the loaf went, long before it carried your laptop and crushed lunch.
- name origin
- From Latin panarium, meaning bread basket
- dress secret
- 18th-century gowns used panniers to widen hips absurdly
- animal labor
- Donkeys and mules wore them for millennia
- cyclist staple
- Clips onto bike racks, defeats the backpack sweat
for instance
panniers on pack mules — paired bags slung over mules' backs on andean mountain trails, still primary transport in peru and bolivia