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Just to update regular readers, I resolved my L<pannier
woes|http://blog.jrock.us/articles/Trek%20grocery%20panniers.pod> by
buying a pair of L<Arkel's|http://www.arkel-od.com/> L<Utility
Panniers|http://www.arkel-od.com/panniers/utility/overview.asp>.  As
you can see
L<here|http://www.arkel-od.com/panniers/utility/images/utility_B.gif>,
they have a really beefy connection system.  Once attached to my bike,
I can lift it by pulling on them.  

The upside is that my bike now feels like a solid, well-built machine.
Before, I rode kind of slow to prevent parts from falling off; now I
can really get up to speed and feel the road.  It also helps that I'm
not afraid of riding on city streets anymore; it turns out cars go out
of their way to avoid hitting you.  It's the clueless pedestrians that
scare me now.  Red means B<stop>, not "walk out in front of the bike."

The final piece that makes everything feel good is that I've finally
figured out how to use the brakes on my bike (after reading
L<http://sheldonbrown.com/brakturn.html>).  Stopping with only the
front brake feels I<really good>.  The bike decelerates quickly enough
for you to really feel the forces involved.  The rear brake by itself
is wimpy and unsatisfying.

Uh, anyway, Arkel's panniers were highly recommended to me, and I pass
that recommendation on.  You get what you pay for.

We now return you to your regularly-scheduled Perl.
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