I am riding a 62cm Rambouillet with relatively hight handlebars. I am using
the largest Berthoud bag and it places the bag just below the bars. I am using
the spacer mounted decauler from Velo Orange. I am using this on my tandem and
Quickbeam as well. My front rack is a Berthoud, don't care for the grey epoxy
finish but the light mount is great.
First determine where you want the top of the bag to be and measure the
distance from the top of the front rack to this point. That is the height bag
you want. All the decaulers I have seen need to be bolted throught the bag so
you will need to make some holes in the material. To determine where on the
bag you need to mount this part, I set the bag on the front rack and mounted
the other piece of the decauler on the bike and marked the bag where it all
came together.
Rivendell bikes are not optimized for front loads. I was very unhappy when I
used my Boxy Baggins with a heavy load. The Berthoud Bag along with the rack
is much better I believe because it lowerd the load and brought it closer to
the head tube. The ostrich bag is low fairly deep so your load will be further
forward. The Berthoud bag is Tall and shallow and I think this results in
better handling on my Rambo.
How tall the bag should be is up to you. I use mine to hold a queue sheet so I
wanted a fairly tall bag. As someone else pointed out he wanted interupter
levers so got a lower bag.
Larry Powers"just when you think that you've been gypedthe bearded lady comes
and does a double back flip" - John Hiatt> Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:05:06
-0700> Subject: [RBW] Decauler mounted handlebar bag> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> > > I posted this over at the randon
group and got no assistance. Perhaps> someone here can assist.> > I've got a
new bike on the way, a Rivendell AHH, that I'll eventually> be using with a
handlebar bag, most likely a Jitensha, Berthoud, or> Ostrich. I know there are
different types of decaulers, stem and fork> spacer style, and even front rack
style now. I'm also aware that the> bags come in different heights. I'm curious
how to go about picking> the right bag and decauler. Is it best to have the top
of the bag> even> with the top of the handlebar or a little below it? What else
should> I> be considering. Also, do holes need to be punched in these bags for>
the decaulers?> The frame is a 63cm so the head tube will be tall. I noticed
that the> Ostrich bag is only 220mm tall which seems like it will put it well>
below the top of the bars. A large Berthoud seems to be the best way> to go. I
have the front rack already and will definitely go with one> of these bags I'm
just not sure which. The Ostrich is the most> attractive as I like the design
and price.> Are there any web pages that explain the process? How did others
go> about choosing and setting up their bags.> thanks,> mike> >
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