I also have not been awed by the Sackville look (esp. the leather zipper covers), though they are slowly growing on me. That said, I think the Barsack is the most beautiful handlebar bag out there, with the possible exception of a Guu Watanabe in brown or burgundy. And the price is unbeatable. Way to go Rivendell. It seems really well engineered, too. Note the clever combo side pocket covers that double as the side flaps for the main compartment. I like the absence of rear pockets, as it makes for a much more comfortable shoulder bag (when I tour, I put my photo gear in my handlebar bag and thus end up carrying it around whenever I am off the bike).
An option to mount on a Nitto mini front would be very nice. Since the bottom is all leather, but backed with cloth (see 4th photo, of interior), cutting slots into the leather for mounting points to a rack should be relatively straight forward. But the stiffeners will require a bit more work (fabric corners sewn into the interior top corners to slide the corners of a stiffener under?). Btw, Benscycle is out of stock on F-15s. Did you all snap them up already? :) Gernot On Feb 11, 5:46 am, scott <[email protected]> wrote: > I saw the bags up last night. I think they look really great. It took > me awhile to like the new sackville line--appearance wise anyway--but > now I think they are beautiful. They really grew on me. But I was > turned off by something in the post that Grant wrote: "It requires the > Nitto F-15 rack; don't even try to make it work without it." Really? > Don't even try? Sounds like a dare if I ever heard one. > Also, if anyone is itching to pick up an F-15 rack before april, > Ben's cycles has them in > stock:http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id... > I've ordered hard to find nitto bits from them in the past. Nice folks > from Milwaukee. > > On Feb 10, 2:00 pm, Mike <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I noticed they posted some pictures and a price for the Sackville > > BarSack. It looks nice. I'm not sure how it will effect handling. If I > > didn't have a Berthoud already I'd consider trying this. > > >http://www.rivbike.com/products/show/sackville-barsack/20-208 > > > Anyone order one yet? > > > --mike -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
