Hey Shawn, I used (and loved) a Large SaddleSack on my 56cm Quickbeam for more than three years. I used a Nitto R-14 for support, and had a dyno light attached to the rear of the rack. The vertical space between the seat and rack was not quite ideal, but in practice worked just great. I installed the rack as low as it would go (right above the fender) and slid it as far back under the seat as I could get it. You can check out some pictures here<http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayburkhalter/sets/72157631501947734/>and here <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jayburkhalter/sets/72157626287531101/> I snapped of the bike before stripping all the useful bits off of it. I never tried the setup with a sprung saddle, but I can see where that might get a little cramped. And as you can see in some of the pics, the saddlebag tended to slightly drape over the rack-mounted light when the bag was empty. The light we still visible though, and I had another light on the fender.
-Jay On Monday, March 25, 2013 1:26:34 AM UTC-4, shawn m. wrote: > > I didn't want to hijack Jim's thread looking for one, but at the risk of > committing heresy I've got a beef with the Large Saddlesack. Don't get me > wrong, I think it's a thing of beauty, unequaled in craftsmanship and > utility. The Large Saddlesack ideal, I'm totally on board with. In > practice, not so much. I picked one up in November and spent the winter > trying to get it to play nice with my bike, a 54cm Hunqapillar. The > write-up on the website made it clear that I'd need a rack. No problem, I > have a Nitto Big Rear Rack. Ah, but it doesn't really work with that; the > tombstone interferes. I tried to resolve that by buying a Nitto Saddlebag > Grip from another list member, but it didn't make enough of a difference. I > spent an afternoon at the hardware store designing a 4" offset, but it was > too flexy. Finally, I bit the bullet and got a Nitto r14 rear rack and > it's... just okay. The springs on my B67 interferes with the bag so that > the bottom half sticks under the springs, and it droops off the back of the > rack just enough to obscure my dyno taillight. For whatever reason, I'm not > yet willing to give up on the bag though I was sorely tempted by Jim's > post. Has anyone with a non-gigantic frame had success mounting a Large > Saddlesack without compromising it's aesthetics and/or it's utility? -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
