It's intelligently simpler (to make, and in design) and boxier than my Baggins Hobo bag. Costs probably half or less what the Hobo would probably now cost. A little bigger mouth which opens in <my> direction for quick grabs while underway and shouldn't dump contents while bouncing along unzipped, and includes a very good map case which mounts in a place where it will shed rain off the zipper.
Has trim with reflective properties (not very obvious in daylight) which dead cow skins don't have and it has no untaped raw fabric edges- no unraveling or canvas string in this bag. Nothing gaudy at all. V-brand logo is small, unobtrusive (and removable). The canvas is more dry than waxy and has no real waxed canvas odor (something I personally cherish); wax can be added, or cleaned off, and that is much better to my mind than polyurethane coated nylons, which eventually smell bad, peel off, etc. No brass buckles, but sturdy velcro straps which will control sway and give me something to pull against when opening or closing the zipper. I am imagining easy to add velcro extensions if I want it to sit on a front rack. It shows evidence of reductive evolution in that necessary features are preserved, and less necessary features are lost (the little ticket pocket in front of the Hobo bag? Good for little festoons found on the road, but not much else. Not found on the BarBox) I remember reading on the website that it was meant for drop bars only. I think it mounts fine on my Albatross bar bike. It carries more than the bar tube I've used up front on it, but this is a bike which doesn't like much weight up front (the frame is a 97 Cannondale F1000 bike designed more for singletrack racing). It'll be easier to grab things at speed with the BarBox. I've learned to pounce when good stuff shows up at Rivendell. Small manufacturing comes and goes... --Bill GibsonSniffing his canvas luggage in Tempe, Arizona, USA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
