I am very OTT with the bum bag cos I carry lots of crap. I just found a new one in an army surplus store that hooks up pretty well on the front of my wife’s ebike. Will use it in our upcoming ebikeglamp-packing trip.
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Also less aero.
But for real, unsupported bar bags are some hella dumb roadie nonsense. Literally the worst way to carry your ride gear.
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Definitely JA, and a whole lot of WTH
Frame could be setup fun with some klunker bars and coaster brake, but they built this monstrosity instead.
And a Shadow Conspiracy chain for all your magic gear needs (with track ends).
But for real, unsupported bar bags are some hella dumb roadie nonsense. Literally the worst way to carry your ride gear.
:sad-ronnie-romance:
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Ronnie is all about supported weight (pec dec). I’m talking about those silly little road purses that just flop and rattle around.
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Ronnie may use the struts, but it seems like most folks I see in group ride pics online who buy the ronnie bag just have it floppin around.
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to be fair some road barrel bags for handlebars also have a bungee cord that goes around your ht and gets in the way of your cabling.
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This is fair
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I use this kind of bag on my Crosscheck to hold a lock, it works kinda shittily, but on the other hand I basically haven’t ridden that bike in years, since I got a cycletruck.
I wish Wolf Tooth (or whoever) made some kind of bag for below your bottle cage, like in the crotch of your dt/st join. The stuff I’ve seen from them still sets it too high.
There’s this… you need a third bottle boss (or Wolf Tooth B-Rad) and technically a Specialized bottle cage above it.
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that looks cool, I have a Wolf Tooth bottle cage dropper from my very ill fated attempt at putting double bottle cages on the down tube.
how hard are those to swap betwen bikes, I wonder
You have to empty the box to unbolt it, so I would say hard enough that it’s not worth swapping.
I’ve been on a quest to start pairing down my kit for each bike to the essentials and set up a dedicated array of supplies and storage solutions for each machine so I can stop moving stuff back and forth. It hasn’t come back to bite me in the ass yet, but there have been times where mid-ride I realized my plug kit was still on a different bike or I had the wrong size tube with me.
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I’ve gone the other way: one slightly overloaded bag for all my stuff. I’m all 700c outside the city, which keeps it simple.
I wonder who else is making this kind of bag?
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I’ve looked around a few times for something similar and never found it. Maybe big-S has a patent? I did the overloaded bag for the last few years (as you probably know) and with the exception of the rando-bike I’m trying to go as light/compact as possible. I ordered in a few stash/tool/neato things from a few places to fondle. At some point before it gets warm I’ll likey have a new system in place. For two bikes I have a dedicated tangle style frame bag that will end up having a few things tucked in one corner and the flat/plug kit goes in a seatbag where it’s easy to access. The under-toptube bag generally gives me all of it.
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how many lbs of stuff are you folks jamming in those bar bags?
it’s spendy, but the routewerks bag is kinda nice for stashing snacks+tools+etc and having a computer/map mount on the lid
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Bumbag is just so easy. I have two. One that has klite flashers attached to it so I don’t have to mess with rear blinkies and another larger one that almost has the capacity of a backpack. Obviously I don’t give a shit how stupid I look, but if I did I would make thing that resembled a kidney belt but was actually a tool roll and sell to Rapha which would instantly make me a squillionaire.
For randonneuring I really like half frame Tangle plus two Feedbags plus whatever random shit I jam into my jersey pockets.
Ten years ago for 70+ miles I’d usually fill a handlebar barrel bag with clif bars, packable vest, baby bottle full of cold brew coffee, and maybe a spare spare tube? Then I’d bounce down the highway, being annoyed about how it was hard to reach into the barrel bag while riding (because surprise they were all just Brooks saddle rail bags that luggage companies would grudgingly admit you could lash to your handlebars)
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I’ve managed to forget at least one thing for every MTB ride, recently. It hasn’t been the same thing, though. The forgotten multi tool meant a short walk of shame back to the trailhead.
I take the butt bag with me on the all-road bike if I’m going to be out for longer than 4 hours. I need snacks and extra water, which it can accommodate.
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I’d love a review of that stuff once you’ve had some time with it. I’m also trying to go down a path of separate kits which each live on their respective bikes. I really like the idea of steerer/bat end/crank spindle mounted tool kits.
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