Bicyclists call them paniers. Panier is french for saddlebag... so technically motorcycle saddlebags can also be called paniers. Here in Madison we have a ton of bicycle paths & I'd say that a good 60% of bicyclists have paniers. I do for my bicycle.

 

Ya, but have you ever seen a saddlebag that had a bicycle?

 

Very common. I have a set very much like those for my Canondale. My wife and I did a 10 day trip on the bikes, covering 50-70 miles a day, through the New York Finger Lakes region. You can get all kinds of cool luggage for bicycles.

 

Perhaps some day he'll grow up & ride a real bagger!

 

Actually, I went with this setup for my bycycle. The "free Radical" with the bags are great for short trips round town.

Plus, I tell peeps it's my 2nd Bagger!

http://www.xtracycle.com/cargo-utili...gtail-kit.html

 

Ditto---I see this often, truck driving over the road.
and yes they have bags front, rear etc...

 

You see saddle bags on bicycles throughout Europe front and rear ,that is on the bicycle front and rear not Europe front and rear although it could be Europe east and west but you get the idea...oh and trailers too and a sort of weird attachment trailer to haul a kid, now that you mention it a sort of strange bicycle that you lie down to ride and motorcycles not built by Harley Davidson..oh a strange place indeed

 

the ones in the pic were almost a distressed leather...pretty rugged looking. Looked like they could have been on the back of motorcycle.

 

They are called paniers on motorcycles in Europe but on a Harley they are called saddle bags...I guess its the way it is and rightly so

 

I kart wheel my Mt. Bike too much to put things like saddle bags on it.