Mountain bikes are fun. Take a look at some of SOMA's offerings. They're one of the least expensive brands that use frame size specific tubing in their builds. I really like my Juice (set up as a singlespeed) and almost bought a B-line.
The Revelate bags are designed to be minimalist and fit mountain bikes that don't really have any allowance for touring gear. (no braze ons, suspension complications, etc). They're also designed to be streamlined and out of the way when trail riding, utilizing the "dead spaces" of the frame (main triangle, under the bars, behind the saddle, etc) Steve. On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 5:10 PM, Anne Paulson <[email protected]>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. > -- 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.
