Buck: The Barbox is about as big as you can go with a direct h'bar mount. I'd be inclined to try to work with that, maybe with mods as suggested above. The Acorn one looks quite nice (I have their boxy rando bag & love it; takes a rack, tho) - you just have to haunt their site & jump on it when they take orders. Definitely worth waiting for.
Another option is a bar tube (Riv has had them; VO has one) for carrying stuff and then a separate map case. The pencil holders for student notebooks are the right size for a map case & have grommets you can use for mounting. I used a bar tube for years & if you can discipline yourself better than I'm able, they hold the keys/wallet/ phone/etc. but serious quanitities of real food (not powerbars!) need a bigger bag. dougP On Mar 4, 7:25 am, Buck <ahurv...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's what I think I want for my Atlantis which is set up as a day > bike (recently posted more Flickr pics under username ahurvitz)... > hammered honjos, shellacked bars, Pasela's. > > A smallish handlebar bag for day rides. I have a Keven on the saddle > where I keep tools, lock, mini-pump, etc. I'm looking for a bag that > doesn't need a front rack and hopefully not a decaleur. Big enough for > a sandwich and maybe a banana. I have a really thin windbreaker that > scrunches up really small (sandwich bag size). An outside pocket or > two for my cellphone. and the top large enough for a small map case > (maybe 9x5.5). > > I want it to be at least as classy as the Keven. The new Sackville > BarSack looks great, but it's larger than I want and requires the > Nitto decaleur. And that makes it $200, which is too much. I actually > bought a BrandV Barbox, and it was about right, but it didn't match by > bike's style. Very utilitarian, but the velcro, etc., wasn't right. I > bid on a couple of used Baggins bags, but they're close to $200 > including the decaleur. I've looked on peterwhitecycles, VO, > Carradice, Zugster (nice but too expensive), etc. > > I'm thinking the Acorn handlebar bag would be nice and I can adapt a > map holder. I tried ordering one the other day but they sold out > within a couple of hours. I'd also be happy with a vintage bag in nice > condition. > > Plan B is to have a friend make one out of waxed cotton. And that got > me thinking... how come no one makes a bag that's about 10x5x5 and can > accommodate a small map case? I'm asking because my fear is that I'll > figure that out once it's made/bought and I realize it's too small. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
