I'm curious about this too as I'm about to start sewing my own bag and want a TALL bag... maybe 10 inches tall. I have always used VO decaleurs without issue but only on smaller bags.
The attraction of the VO decauleur is obviously the price... and the fact that I already them on 3 bikes. I have had success in making small adjustments to the VO decaleur by bending the angle of the arms but nothing drastic. In looking at my current setup, I think I can get away with using the same decaleur but just move it to the top of the stack underneath the stem.. and then just bend the arms back up a bit On Wednesday, May 28, 2014 8:36:19 AM UTC-4, Steve Palincsar wrote: > > On 05/28/2014 08:21 AM, Michael Hechmer wrote: > > I posted this on the Lifestyles list but didn't get any feedback. > > I use an Acorn Rondeneur bag on both my Saluki (62 CM/650B) with a VO > rack but no decaleur and on our Tandem (26" ) with an RBW Mark's rack and > no decaleur. It works OK, but I am considering moving to a taller bag - > 250 - 270mm, which would require a decaleur. The VO website suggests that > neither the rack nor decaleur are guaranteed to work with a tall bag. > > What rack & decaleurs are people using happily with these tall bags? > What problems have you had to overcome? > > > AFAIK the Berthoud GB28 and its fancier cousin, the GB2886 are the tallest > bags out there. I use both: the 2886 with Berthoud decaleurs, the GB28 > with the VO decaleur. Both work fine. There's much more adjustability > with the Berthoud decaleur, virtually none other than the location of the > spacer in the stack on the steerer tube with the VO; presumably that's what > the "not guaranteed to work" means. There's also no adjustability to speak > of with the Grand Bois decaleur. You have to size the bag according to the > amount of space provided between the rack and the handlebar (underside of > the stem handlebar clamp bolt, actually, in the case of the Berthoud) or > the head tube (more accurately, the spacer surrounding the steerer tube to > which the VO decaleur mounts). > > As for racks, nothing very critical there. I'm using a TA rack that bolts > to a Mafac Raid centerpull to support the GB28, and have used a Berthoud > front rack, a VO Randonneur front rack and a custom Mitch Pryor front rack > to support the GB2886. You absolutely do need a rack, and it should have a > "tombstone". Here's a view of the GB2886 sitting on a Berthoud front > rack, supported by a Berthoud decaleur, on my (now Tony's) green Saluki > that illustrates the setup pretty well: > > > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
