I've got a few Acorn bags. The medium and tall rando bags are the best I have seen, if you want to consider a front rack bag and are willing to commit to a decaleur. The saddle bags are good too, but more on par with competition. The only fault I give Acorn is that they are hard to get, though it seems this is a small two person side-hustle, so you cannot really blame them for this.
I have some Sackville bags and they are pretty nice. I have no complaints here, but the fabric does not seem quite as durable, though I think this might be an unfair statement. I've never had a Sackville fail on me before and the quality is good. That said, if I were going to ride across the country and needed a saddlebag to last those miles, I would probably go with the Acorn. I also have two Minnehaha bags. I picked them up about a decade ago for a very cheap price. I think they were on clearance for about $25. Without a support, I am not a fan, as they have a tendency to sway due to a lack of reinforcement. I like them with the bagman support I picked up. Surprisingly, I don't think I have ever seen a Carradice in person, though I hear good things about them. Best regards, Matt in Oswego On Friday, April 15, 2022 at 5:20:56 PM UTC-5 Chris K wrote: > Hi all - I'm new to the group and figured you all would have opinions on > "the best all-around useful saddle bag," if you could only own one. > > For context, I ride a Bridgestone CB-0 set up with a front rack and Wald > basket. This is great, but I sometimes wish for a little more capacity in > the form of a bag. Based on Rivendell's site, the Bagboy or the Happisack > seem to fit this "all-around useful" purpose and size. I mostly ride around > town but want to do some overnights this summer as well. > > Would you recommend definitely getting one over the other? I'm also > looking at the Swift Zeitgeist or Catalyst. > > Thanks! > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2250e449-bceb-4845-b5f8-2b4da06cb694n%40googlegroups.com.
