The Sackville Bar Sack may be kind of small, especially if you are packing raingear on a brevet. I love the magnetic closure feature. RuthWorks knows how to make a bag for the F-15 and could build it tall if you have room. Or maybe David Banzer even.
On Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 1:27:52 PM UTC-7, Jim Bronson wrote: > > This item with the Sackville BarSack looks pretty interesting, although, > maybe a bit small to be a Rando bag, which is what I'd want to use it for. > Maybe could use a small rear bag in addition? > > On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 3:01 PM, Bill Lindsay <tape...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Nitto makes a front rack called the F-15. It clamps to the 26.0mm part >> of your drop bars and it's a u shaped support around the perimeter of a >> handlebar bag. Rivendell stocks that rack and has 13 of them in stock as >> of 9/22/16. Various bag makers offer a bag to fit that rack. There is a >> Sackville model that Riv also has in stock, but they only have two of the >> bags. >> >> http://www.rivbike.com/product-p/r8.htm?CartID=6 >> >> My plug is for the rack itself. It's astonishingly nice. It looks like >> it should be super floppy but it's surprisingly solid for a typical >> handlebar bag application. If you own, or ever think you might own a >> typical 'road bike', that doesn't have much in the way of attachment points >> for a normal front rack, the old F-15 is a fantastic option. I'm running >> mine on a Black Mountain Cycles road bike. Not only is it way lighter and >> way less expensive than a traditional rack + decaleur setup, but it puts >> the handlebar bag in exactly the same place relative to the handlebars no >> matter which bike I put it on. >> >> In my opinion, anybody in the habit of setting up various bikes with >> various bags should have an F-15 laying around, hence the plug. Riv has 13 >> of the racks but only 2 of the bags to fit it. Riv is selling the rack for >> $78. The other two online US vendors that have the F-15 rack in stock are >> asking $95 and $120 for it. Now's a good time to buy an F-15 rack, (it's >> like picking up free money at $78) and treat yourself to a bag to fit it >> when one comes up for sale, or have Ruthworks make you a custom to match >> your bike. >> >> Bill Lindsay >> El Cerrito, CA >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > signature goes here > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
