I agree. I have about the same number of miles on my Acorn Rondo bag and have been very pleased with it, with the one exception of the awkwardness of the velcro straps, which seem to take more effort to get on than I expected. I initially used an old toe strap to attach the back to the rack, but, when combined with the bar straps I found it unnecessary. I have not found the HB straps interfere with my use of the bars. I do find the front end handling of my Ram. is slightly less stable with no hands at low speeds but this seems worth the trade off for the convenience vs. my rear Barley bag. I also found I liked the map case very much, but did destroy a good map on the center brake cable of my Ebisu before figuring out that I needed to open & lift the top, before trying to remove a map. I like the quick open of all the pockets much more than the buckles on my Carradice bags and will probably like them even more the first time I ride with full finger gloves. I have mounted the center piece of an old Cinnelli HB to the front of my rack and find the bag is perfect for carrying the Lithium Ion battery and attaching my dual Dinotte lights in front.
ie http://gallery.me.com/mhechmer#100029/IMG_1472&bgcolor=black The suggestion to convert to Ortlieb ( or some other) form of QR is quite interesting. Can you point to more advice & pictures? All in all a great bag, classy looking and very functional. Michael Westford, Vt On Sep 5, 12:12 am, doug peterson <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote: > Acorn's boxy rando bag is the ideal size and I liked the idea of NOT > having it tied off to the h'bars. I tend to use all the places you > can grip the bars. I was so pleased with the mounting that the upper > ties were never used and wound up in my misc rigging bag. After > several months and well over 1,000 miles, including one longish tour, > I can report the bag is quite stable using only the bottom straps, and > of course the pocket over the Nitto rack. The only downside is > messing around with the 4 straps each time the bag is removed and > mounted. After thinking about it, I doubt the rear straps do much so > I added a couple of small D-rings (Ace Hdwe; cheap) to the front area, > on the bottom, and use a shock cord to hold the front down. I think > shock cord gives a bit of pressure that is missing with the Velcro > straps. With the bag fully overstuffed with a large cable lock, food, > jacket, etc., it's stable and still easy to remove and install. I > must credit Alex Wetmore with my initial motivation to improve the > removability of the bag. Alex added Ortleib fasteners to his bag > which may be a more elegant solution. Nailing the bottom of the bag > to the rack seems to negate the need for decaulers (?) or other > connections to the h'bars. > > dougP --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
