A hack I now use that may be obvious to others on this list for unexpected pop-up bike storage, such as for stopping for one small item at the store and walking out with five or six items:
I stow a thin, light, nylon musette-type bag stuffed inside a small bar or saddle bag. That way the musette is expandable, and once removed from the small bar or saddle bag, I've got that cavity available to fill as well. More and more I try to carry less and less on longer rides, and longer rides for me typically include a half hour ascent from the front door. I don't typically use a rack any longer, or even a large bag front or rear. Fortunate to live within walking distance of many nice grocery stores. - Chris On Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 11:35:08 AM UTC-8 velomann wrote: > I've done quite a bit of self-supported touring over the years, mostly > solo, and I pretty quickly transitioned away from using a rear rack and > rear panniers as soon as I started riding a low-trail 650b bike (my Ocean > Air Cycles Rambler, RIP). I don't imagine I'll ever go back now. Both of my > overnight touring bikes (Bantam Adventure bike and Bantam disc tourer) are > designed for - and handle superbly with - most of the baggage weight > forward. On the tourer I use an Acorn rando bag and front lowrider panniers > (Swift Short stack), with either a Swift Zeitgeist or Carradice Nelson > Longflap saddlebag. this set-up equalizes the fore/aft weight distribution > and I can easily ride no-hands fully loaded. > > For my Adventurebike, I don't use any panniers. I can fit everything I > need in the front Fabio's Chest (sits on a custom front rack) and a Jack > Supply Slugger mounted as a saddlebag > https://www.jacksupplyco.com/shop/p/yolbwkp5ijyayzoys6p6rtzbhm1ws2 > > But I've got 5 other bikes set up for front load carrying as well. My Riv > Hillborne, My Univega Via Carrisma (converted to Singlespeed) and my 89 > Rock hopper all have Wald 137 baskets, with either an Outershell Basket Bag > or a Swift Sugarloaf. The Hillborne also has a Swift Zeitgeist saddlebag. > > Another possibility for front loading that I HIGHLY recommend is the Jack > The Bike Rack from Wholegrain Cycles https://wholegraincycles.com/ > I got in on the 2-for-1 Kickstarter, and have one mounted on my fixie and > the other on my beater Diamondback Apex, and they are fantastic. I just use > the straps to mount a big tote bag, but they work just as well for a Wald > 137, or strapping on firewood, or whatever you want to carry. > > Mike M > > > > On Thursday, February 1, 2024 at 2:14:32 PM UTC-8 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> I'm curious why so many Rivendell-listers prefer baskets to rear >> saddlebags or panniers -- saddlebags in particular because Rivendell has >> perfected the rear saddlebag -- I've owned a dozen at least of Riv >> saddlebags over the years as well as probably 2 dozen Carradices and Acorns >> and what have you's -- currently have a late-model Rivendell 9 liter or so >> saddlebag that replaced an already very nice 9 liter Carradice Junior, and >> it is slightly more practical and much more nicely built and prettier (main >> reason I got it) than the Junior. >> >> I've tried front and rear baskets, in the rear single rack-mounted >> baskets and pannier baskets, in front as large as the Wald Newsboy; and >> I've tried huge porteur front racks; but none, rear and especially front, >> at least on medium trail frames, allowed the sort of straight-stable, >> quick-cornering handling I like -- I sold my old Herse because it didn't >> handle as I liked ("like" defined by my Rivendell Roads) with either >> sizable rear or front loads. >> >> But for real, practical carrying -- groceries, errand loads, commuting -- >> I've gone back over and over again to a light rack and panniers; just so >> much more capacious and versatile, IME. I've carried 50 lb with aplomb in >> thinwall, normal-gauge frames, all in the rear (not ideal but on at least 1 >> old frame very doable) or, better, 35 rear 15 front (current Matthews IGH >> Riv Road clone). >> >> I can see light front loads for very long rides where you want to be able >> to easily get at the bag's contents, and I am open to being convinced that >> very heavy loads (50 lb of newspapers) do better on very sturdy, low-trail >> fork-mounted front platforms, but for ordinary Everyman riding on >> non-low-trail Rivendells? >> >> 49 lb: >> [image: image.png] >> >> Longboard: >> [image: image.png] >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing >> services >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >> >> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >> >> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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