I really, really really like my (discontinued) Acorn tubular bag on my go-fast bike - I can outfit it either for my tubular or clincher wheelset (I keep either supply staged in gallon ziplocs)
<http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/F%20Moser/aP8050006.jpg> It carries everything I might need to get home on a bad day and still room for car keys and cell phone, etc - just no room for a beer. Not on this bike, but if I want to haul more, I prefer my rando bag (11 liter). <http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v728/bulldog1935/Raleigh/aP4140012.jpg> note the fork geometry is good for front loads On Thursday, October 31, 2013 4:10:44 PM UTC-5, Anne Paulson wrote: > > I'm still thinking about setting up a dedicated mountain bike for > offroad touring. As I read journals and articles online, I see that > the various frame bags made by Revelate and others are becoming > popular. Like this one: > > https://www.revelatedesigns.com/index.cfm/store.catalog/Seat-Bags/Viscacha > > And I don't get it. Why would a bag like that, which is small and > which has a small opening so it's harder to load, be better than a > transverse saddlebag such as Carradice and Riv sell? > > I was looking at different bikes at my LBS today, and oh, look at > that, suddenly mountain bike manufacturers like Salsa are selling > rigid bikes as mountain bikes. Hmm. > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
