No experience with the Barsack & hope some owners chime in. But to a couple of your general questions:
Front load concerns are over-blown. I have an Acorn Boxy Rando (similar bag) on my Atlantis & it lives there. Seldom empty & wonderfully useful. I lover having access right in front of me to food, camera, glasses, jacket, etc. For tours I like to put more weight on the front than rear, similar to your loading of your Bomba. A largish front bag can swallow enough stuff to affect handling but it's a quick adjustment & hardly an issue. Same with strong crosswinds. Yes, you may notice it but it's no big deal and not going to ruin your ride. dougP On Feb 8, 2:17 pm, bassandbike <bassandb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > My research in the archives show some posting traffic on the Sackville > Barsack almost one year ago to the day. It's time for a 1 year > review! > > I've always liked this bag's looks and I'm a MASSIVE Sackville guy. > Sackville stuff is the truth. > > So I'm wondering how the bag performs? What improvements would you > make? Being that the load rides *kinda high*, what can be said about > bike handling? Are front load concerns overblown? My guess is that > they are, and that the bag works great for whatever purpose it is > tasked to. I put the majority of the my touring load on the fork of my > Bomba and it rolls no problemo. As I told a friend, I never find > myself saying, "geez this load is really hosing up the handling of > this here Rivendell Bombadil." > > What do Barsack owners think? Touring? Rando? Grocery? > > I'm on the fence at the moment. I need a front bag. I like the idea > of mounting to a front rack, but the headtube of my 67cm Hilsen is so > stinking long. Would a rack mounted Berthoud be accessible? Would > the map case be readable? > > All those issues are solved by the Barsack. > > Do tell! > > Patrick > Louisville, Ky. > > PS: I really want a tweed one bad. -- 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-bunch@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.
