Thanks, all, for the responses. Deacon, I'm planning to follow your suggestion Saturday. I installed the Saddlesack earlier today and will load it up with some canned goods tomorrow and take it for a 50 (or so)-mile ride. Working with it empty is what prompted my second thoughts about it, 'cause it's BIG. I'll be mostly on paved roads, maybe some unpaved but hard-packed bike paths, but nothing tricky.
Matt, I'm 97.3% sure I'll be able to fit everything into this and the Acorn bag in front. If I can't then I was planning to do exactly what you suggested, the Carradice panniers and a Nelson Longflap in back and an Acorn bag in front. But after seeing how big the Saddlesack is, if I can't fit everything into that and the front bag, then I'm carrying too much and need to leave some things home. Weth, we're starting about 45 miles north of Ludington, MI, and riding back home to just north of Indianapolis. Most of it will be along US bike route 35, except for about a day in NW Indiana. I didn't know that route existed until about a year ago when I read about it in Adventure Cycling Magazine, and when I did a little research on it I discovered that it includes a rail trail that's only about 3 miles from my house. It should be about 400 miles in 7 days, and we'll stay in some good towns along the western coast in Michigan. -- 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.
