Hi Jay, I'm glad to hear that I am not the only one that struggles with this type of thing. Oh well, we are fortunate to have such good choices and the means to purchase such a gorgeous bike bag. To clarify when I put it on the bike I didn't think it appeared large rather I was surprised as to how much stuff you can pack inside. For me the choice was correct because I wanted it to hold my sleeping bag, tent, stove and a few other items for overnights. I have a Wald basket on the front with a Swift Sugarloaf bag as well. For me this is a perfect setup. For my next bike I may end up getting the large. I think there is also quite a bit of value in having that extra space when you need it.
Tim On Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at 5:36:35 AM UTC-4, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > "Much contempletion" has me smiling. > I just bought a saddlesack and went through a similar thought > process: blue vs olive, medium vs large, etc. > I ended up buying the medium and exchanging it for the large without > installing it. Interesting that you found it looks bigger on the bike. > Maybe I could have kept the medium and avoided the hassle. Oh, well. I'm > happy with my decision. > And FWIW my wife rejected the blue for my gen 1 green Sam. > > Enjoy. > > Jay > > On Friday, August 11, 2017 at 3:37:46 AM UTC+3, Broccoli Cog wrote: > >> After some contemplation and some great feedback from all of you I just >> received my new medium Saddlesack. I am beyond happy with how awesome it >> is. Af first when I looked at it I didn't think it would be large enough to >> hold my S24O gear. I thought about exchanging it for the large but then I >> put it on the bike and stuffed it with my camping gear. This bag expands >> nicely and holds a lot! The square shape is better at swallowing up gear >> than a standard saddle bag. In the end I think I will be happy I went with >> the medium. I decided on the blue one which looks so much better in person! >> >> Question about wire guards. I know that Nitto makes a nice wire guard >> that Riv does not currently have in stock. I have Paul Racer brakes and the >> brake cable does rub when the bag is stuffed with camping gear. I took it >> for a test ride and found that the rear brake still functions but boy I >> really don't like the thought of that cable rubbing on the bag. I thought >> maybe I could ziptie the bottom of the bag to the rack but I am not sure if >> that will be sufficient enough from preventing a bag that is stuffed full >> from sliding forward. Until I can pick up a wireguard is their an interim >> solution? >> >> Tim >> > -- 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.
