Robert, Maybe you're overthinking this, but bungees are fine for securing to the rack. It sounds like the problem you have is that you cannot put something on top of the rear rack and attach the saddle sack. Depending on the sleeping pad (or is it the tent) you can mount that on the under-side of the top-tube or bungee it crosswise on top of the basket. There are just a lot of options, you just need to play around with it, there is no right way other then making sure it's secure while riding. If you have the clearance up front you could use the saddle-sack as a handle-bar bag.
Here's a picture of my last S240, i have panniers, but what i have in the panniers you could carry in your saddle-sack and front basket. What i have in the long roll on top of the rear-rack is the sleeping pad, inside the sleeping pad are the poles to my tent. In the panniers i have, sleeping bag, tent (2 person, no rainfly on this trip), tent foot-print, 2-20oz bottles of water, change of clothes (camp pants, lite jacket, change of socks, shirt), bike repair kit (multi-tool, pump, tubes, patches), food (sandwiches, trailmix, etc). hard to see is on the front rack i have trunk-sack for food, wallet, keys, things i need to get at easily. i could easily get by without this but it's more convienent. http://flic.kr/p/ajaN9q -- 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.
