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How to Choose the Best Bike Pannier

We design and build our pannier bags to last for many miles on the roads and trails. The bags you choose should enhance and support your journey, wherever it takes you. Read our guide on how to choose the best bike pannier for you.
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The Best Fabrics for Backpacks and Panniers

The Best Fabrics for Backpacks and Panniers

We take bag making seriously. It is our mission to continuously strive to make the best and. most sustainable bags that we possibly can. Our first consideration is durability. Building a bag to last for years (even decades) means less materials are bring drawn from our precious planet, and less waste ends up in our landfills. Read up on our fabrics and why we've picked them.
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2023 Retirement Party

2023 Retirement Party

In 2024, we're maintaining our focus on creating the best bags possible. To that end, we're bringing a few styles back to the drawing board. Look for new versions coming soon!
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North St Bags 2023 In Review Blog Post

2023: Year in Review

A retrospective of 2023, a year that brought about many changes for our small batch bag manufacturing company. Read up on the highlights.
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Winter Bike Commuting Tips

Winter Bike Commuting Tips

This article will cover some winter bike commuting basics, provide a suggested list of gear, and hopefully offer some encouragement along the way.  We hope you will find it useful whether you are brand new to bike commuting, or just hoping to grab those car keys less by biking to work more often this winter.
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What's in a name?

What's in a name?

Most of our product line is named after streets in Portland, OR where we're based. We take pride in making our products locally, and employing folks from our community, and we wanted to highlight this with our naming convention.
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north st bags how to choose the best pannier hook size

How to Select the Ideal Bike Pannier Hook Size

When you order your new bike pannier or convertible backpack pannier you’ll need to select the hook size that best fits your bike’s cargo rack. These hooks—two near the top of the pannier—slot over the horizontal tube(s) of the cargo rack and then a bottom hook on a bungee holds tension for a secure fit.

While it’s a simple system, one of the most common questions we get is: what’s the right hook size for my bike? Click to read more.

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You Asked, and We Listened!

You Asked, and We Listened!

Thanks to everyone who took the time to respond to our feedback survey earlier this summer. We were blown away by your kind words and excellent ideas. Thank you! Read up on the results from the survey and what folks are saying about North St. Bags.
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In The Press: Carryology’s Ultimate Travel Gear List That Will Change the Way You Travel

In The Press: Carryology’s Ultimate Travel Gear List That Will Change the Way You Travel

“The North St. The Weekender Backpack checks all the boxes for me and is one of my favorite backpacks for most trips in the five-plus day category,” writes Zeke Kamm. “I LOVE the visual style of the bag and if I had to bring a bunch of stuff around with me to work or school, this would be my top pick for best everyday bag, too.”
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Staff Picks: Our Back-to-School Favs

Staff Picks: Our Back-to-School Favs

Even though it feels like summer just began, students are heading back to school soon. Whether you’re hyped for classes to start or still grasping to every last summer moment, we want you to return to campus in style with these staff picks from our crew in Portland.
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Closing the Loop: From Trash to Bike Bags

Closing the Loop: From Trash to Bike Bags

Take a look inside North St.'s upcycled program. Event tents and banners often get tossed once they’re out of date, despite being in perfectly usable condition. Deadstock is thrown out. And it’s true, things just aren’t made the way they used to be. With the rising costs of inflation, labor, materials, production, and transportation, many manufacturers skimp on quality to keep familiar prices, inadvertently decreasing product lifespan. All of this leads to more materials piling up in the landfill—but it doesn’t need to be this way.
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Forbes' Best Bike Bags 2023 - Adventure Micro Pannier

Forbes' Best Bike Bags 2023 - Adventure Micro Pannier

Honored for the Adventure Micro Pannier to make the cut on Forbes' Best Bike Bags 2023 list! Featured for its capabilities on trails of all conditions, we're proud to make...
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