On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 07:35 -0700, charlie wrote: > I figure I'm not a pizza delivery guy so I won't need a "front > loader"......a rear saddle bag makes more sense in my rainy climate > plus I need an excuse to get off my bike a stretch every now and then. > My clone Atlantis seems to able to take a lighter front load also and > when I do need something from a front bag when riding (thinking hard > now) it will usually be light and or small. I think the whole giant > front bag thing is overrated IMHO.
How big does a bag have to be to qualify as "giant"? Would you consider a bag like the Berthoud GB28 "giant"? (Volume : 12L, Height: 270mm, Width without pockets: 270mm, Depth without front pocket: 145mm) http://www.flickr.com/photos/97916047@N00/5027013765/in/set-72157603355855778/ This is a far cry from "pizza deliver guy" territory, and is a fine example of a large front handlebar bag. There's enough room for an O2 Rainshield rain jacket and eye glasses (plus tools, tubes, small camera, lunch, wallet and so on) and if I do have to take off my sun glasses or put on the rain jacket, I don't have to actually park the bike to do it; just stopping with both feet on the ground is enough. I used to think the "get off every now and then" thing made sense, too, until one time I did a century where it alternated between sprinkling, clearing up, darking and sprinkling again every five or ten miles all day long, and parking the bike and walking around to the back of the bike to change glasses simply drove me nuts. Of course, what really tore it was when I got a flat around 65 miles in, and couldn't get the tube to fit. I tried it every which way, and it was just plain too small. And yet, I could clearly see the "-7 x 1 1/4 inch" written on the tube (the first letter was just a blur). It took several minutes before I realized, the tube was a 17 x 1 1/4" tube from my Moulton... -- 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.
