Darin, I've been using mine with the Nitto R-14 rack to support it. It really didn't need the extra support, but it was rubbing on the top of the steel fender and marring it so I put the rack. Since the rack's top guide is a bit further back, it pulls the bag back a bit and the leather strap that is meant to tie it to the seat tube is no longer needed (it doesn't reach anyway). I added a couple of zip ties to the bottom of the bag so it wouldn't slide on top of the rack. If you detail my pictures carefully ( http://www.flickr.com/photos/orthie251/4456179970/in/set-72157622958472288/ and a couple more before that one) you'll see that since the bag is pulled back by the rack, it's end is slightly lifted. This is just an aesthetic issue as the bottom of the bag is fully supported as soon as you load it. Loosening the saddle straps doesn't really address this as it just means the top comes down a bit more. Depending on the distance between your saddle loops and your rack, you'll need to adjust these straps to keep the top of the bag at its proper height.
I carry my laptop, rain gear, clothes, etc. Now that the weather is really nice in the SF Bay Area, I don't really need that much space either, but it's nice for the laptop, some lunch and extra space for a book, fruit, etc. I'll state again that I started using it without the rack and if it wasn't for the rubbing of the leather on the fender, I would have kept using it without the rack. I discovered that I like the feeling of the larger saddlebags on the rear of my legs... :-) René On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Darin G. <[email protected]> wrote: > Anyone using a medium Saddle Sack with a Top Rack? I'd like to fine > tune my commuting setup and I like that bag but I'd want it sitting on > a rack. From the looks of the photos it has the leather tab to slide > over the upright on the top rack but I wonder if the seat tabs are > long enough to reach the seat with it mounted that way. The images on > the photos seem to show it just flopped on top of the rack and not > really fitted to it. The large obviously works well with the rack but > is over kill for my commute. > > D.G. > > -- > 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]<rbw-owners-bunch%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- 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.
