Im still pondering the purchase of my first bike.

I will need to carry around with me my university work (laptop couple of books) and my gym gear

I was going to have some panniers to carry this stuff and without getting off my ass to go to a shop and see how big these things are, Im wondering how much you can get into these bags.

I have also seen a site that sells canvas types that seem bigger,

What do you guys use and how much do you get in them

Thanks

I have fairly large leather saddlebags.

Get 2 bottles of Coke, plus about five bags of flour, a box of crackers and maybe some Mars bars, all in one of them.

But there is no standard size for panniers and saddlebags.

Each set is different.

Thanks a lot, I need to go and see some for myself

5 Bags of flower ?? :-)

Flour.

The Mrs bakes me bread and cakes and stuff.

Hummmmm I may be needing one of those as well then, Has she got a sister :-))

Two sisters, one brother.