On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 06:45 -0700, Mike wrote: > A friend of mine has one and loaned it to me for a few days. I didn't > like it. You can mount it on a front rack (Mark's Rack, Nitto mini- > front rack) without a decauler but it didn't seem entirely steady. The > bag's construction seemed cheap and it was too small. I think it's > even smaller than the Acorn rando bag. The area where you put a cue > sheet is rather small and so if you used it for a brevet, depending on > the number of cues, you might find yourself having to adjust the cue > sheet frequently. Also it's not that tall so if it's going on a big > bike, say 60cm frame, it looks kind of odd and isn't as easy to > access. Overall the bag just seems to miss the boat.Still, the bag is > inexpensive.
It is, after all, meant to be a small bag. Not everyone likes a bag the size of the GB28 or has use for something with that much capacity. > > If you're looking for a bag to use for randonneuring just bite the > bullet and get a Berthoud HB bag through the Rene Herse online store. > The guy who runs it, Mike Kone, is super nice and helpful. You can also get Berthoud bags from Peter White, who has been selling them far longer than Mike Kone's had the Rene Herse name. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
