My house is full of Acorn bags of all sorts. I think the new colors are nice. They have a new randonneur smaller bag, but I don't like how it opens from the front and lifts to the back. The drawback is that the wind will blow it open rather than blow it closed. If you don't access the bag while riding, then it probably won't make a difference for you, but the boxy rando bag opens from the back towards the front (the wind will blow the top closed)...
Very high quality bags and great people. With that said, I also have several of the Riv bags, and I prefer Mark's wrap to the Acorn wrap, and their small rack bag is perfect when I don't want to use the large boxy rando bag. Also Riv's reflective properties are smart and awesome for nighttime riding. Toshi On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 5:04 AM, Michael Hechmer <mhech...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have both the small and large tan rondeneur style bags and like them > both. I appreciate the light interior and the quality of the materials. > The small bag came with very nice brass turnbuckles on the small pockets, > which I really like but the large one came with snaps that I struggle > with. I also like the main compartment straps going to the side rather > than the center where I have to squeeze my hand between the bag & the brake > cable. > > I have found my bag wishes have evolved over time. When possible I prefer > bags above the fenders, like the smaller, rear Riv bags, and the Acorns up > front. > > Michael > > On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 1:04:35 PM UTC-4, Jon Craig wrote: > >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-gzs3GWB997c/V4Z0kcJzREI/AAAAAAAABgI/-rNNlflT0FEyPszMUPaZNX1uFlnvP_d-QCLcB/s1600/acorns-and-sams-raw.jpg> >> >> >> I'm surprised these haven't been mentioned here (or at least I haven't >> SEEN them mentioned!) - but Acorn Bags are very, very nice! We just got >> ours in today and they look very, very nice. The new colors seem almost >> chosen to go well with the current Sam production colors. I got "Gray" for >> mine, and she got "Dark Olive" for hers. They may be hard to get (handmade >> by a husband/wife team, so production is limited) but it seems worth the >> trouble (and cost). >> > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
