Arkel sells made in Canada top tube bags: https://arkel.ca/collections/frame-bags/products/top-tube-bag?variant=46789892178169. Its capacity is 1 liter. Tom in Alexandria, VA
On Friday, May 15, 2026 at 9:07:39 PM UTC-4 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: > > Here is Charlie in his original state. Isn’t he luscious? Just how I liked > him. Everything I needed, but not an ounce of fat. > [image: image6.jpeg] > > Well, now he has a new Varia. And this is the mount. It straps to the seat > post. > [image: image0.jpeg] > > [image: image1.jpeg] > > I need to carry a small bag of essentials (dynaplug, a tiny electronic air > pump, etc), and now the only place for it is on the bars. The olive > camouflages a bit, but I don’t love it. > [image: image2.jpeg] > > Does he look muzzled? > [image: image3.jpeg] > > And it covers his gorgeous head badge. This is my favorite head badge ever. > [image: image4.jpeg] > > We rode 26 mi with the girls on the club ride this morning and he was > flawless. The bag wasn’t noticeable to me on the ride or anything…I’m just > stuck on the aesthetics. > [image: image5.jpeg] > > Anyone have any mount suggestions? > Leah > > On May 15, 2026, at 9:00 PM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! <[email protected]> > wrote: > > The new Varia 820 is heavy. The mount I had on my Bananasax was too > flimsy and I worried that expensive cycling gem would fly off and break > into a million pieces. > > > The only other feasible placement is on the seat post. But that means no > bag on the saddle loops - it must live on the bars instead. > > I will do the pics in the next post because Gmail lets me embed them… > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/6gvyNyHPVzk/unsubscribe > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ef5683f5-aec8-4cde-acbc-04c5990130e7n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/ef5683f5-aec8-4cde-acbc-04c5990130e7n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/259e870c-c3f5-4ff0-92ae-f67cfb99f35dn%40googlegroups.com.
