Büchel Büchel tarpaulin bicycle bag for attaching to pannier racks, blue, 81516013

This is quite good for its price. I use it when cycling to work to carry waterproofs and my sandwiches! The bag has a reasonable holding capacity e.g. 3 bottles of wine side by side. It also easily swallowed my 15" laptop (though be warned that if you do want to carry a laptop, you had best put it in a case as there is no inner lining to soften any bumps).The bag appears pretty waterproof. Certainly the coloured front and back panels are. The sides are heavy duty black canvas. The top is the simple fold over type with one clip to secure it. As well as the two clips which hold the bag on the bike frame, there is a small velcro band at the back to allow you to tie the bag to another part of the bike frame. Presumably this is to stop the bottom of the bag bouncing about if you were going over anything very bumpy. It's a pretty small strap, to be honest, but does seem to work OK.One side of the bag has a reflector patch on it but if you want it to be seen you will have to mount it on the right side of your bike. It's not such a brilliant patch that you would really want to always do that so I alternate left and right. The other side of the bag has some netting that you could use to hold a water bottle or something similar.Update 17/10/2020 - Dropping the review down to 2 stars from its original 4 as, after a year, the plastic clips that attached the bag to the frame sheared off completely. I might have understood this if I was using the bag daily but I wasn't. In fact the bag was often off the bike and I only attached it when I needed to carry something. Quite disappointed really but then it was cheap.

Great price and a well made bag. Haven't got it soaked yet so can't comment on the waterproofness

Good quality water proof and very sturdy. The only problem I find is that the bottom corner can catch my wheel which is annoying hence why 4 and not 5 stars.

The bag looks fairly strong and the fabric is brightly coloured and waterproof. The water resistance of the whole bag has not yet been put to the test, but the seams look as if they are waterproof. The bag easily fits onto the bike carrier and the fold-over closure is a good simple solution to the need to seal it from rain but easily reach the contents or fill with shopping. It will obviously be easy to keep clean with a wipe, so will not look scruffy when taking round shops

Do not load this bag with anything beyond light clothes, the plastic clips broke with a load of 10kgs.The velcro ties will hold it in place with a light load, but not otherwise.Perfect for a light shop provided you don't have the bottles, tins etc in the shop and not suitable to carry a bike lock.

It’s a bit smaller than I thought it would be, but otherwise it’s great.

I had 2 of these for more an year. They are used once a week for carrying groceries for 5 KMs with a 2.5 KM stretch of rough patch. Both the bags are still doing great. With all the expensive pannier bags around, these offer a cheaper alternative which have been great for my use.

Excellent for the price.I have two which gives me plenty of room for shoppingThey easily clip on and off.I unclip them and load them up at the checkout and clip them on the bike.When home I unclip them and unload them in the kitchen. Easy.