I had one of these set ups on my Sam Hillborne for two years but sold it. I shouldn't have sold it...stupid, stupid, stupid. I've often thought of buying a new one but I am now using Sackville panniers in rear with a small trunk sack up front.
1. No, it is solid. I never had a problem with it moving under any condition. 2. The bad does not noticeably sag. I guess if you put a few medium size rocks you would see the fabric sag, but under normal loads it doesn't appear to sag. It isn't box-like sturdy though as it does hang from the nitto rack. Sits squarish with what I consider normal loads. 3. I don't know about those other brands but it isn't waterproof. The top lays down and you can see that water could enter through the sides if you get into a downpour. 4. Lid opens away from the rider...if I remember. Quite handy to take things out of it while riding. 5. I think the set up works awesome and would work quite well for those kinds of riding. It also looks really cool. If you go the decaler/rack setup, it will probably be more stable as that setup is held by two points instead of just the top; but, honestly, I never felt any issues with bag sway or anything. I will say I always put heavy tools and tubes ect. in a tool wrap under the seat, so that heavy stuff was never in the handlebar bag. I tended to keep jackets and food in the barsack, and for that it worked wonders. On Wednesday, October 1, 2014 3:50:50 PM UTC-5, lungimsam wrote: > Considering this clamp on handlebar bag. But was wondering: > > 1. Does the NITTO bag holder hold tight, or rotate down under the weight > of the bag and its contents? What about on bumpy terrain? > 2. Does the bag sag, since there is no rack under it? > 3. Is it as waterproof as a Carradice Pendle/Barley/Nelson, etc. > traditional saddle bag? > 4. Does the lid open away from the rider, so you can access while riding? > *5. I do commuting and recreational road rides up to centuries, maybe try > for a 200k sometime. Any reason why I should bypass a setup like this and > go whole hog and get a way expensive decaler/rack/Berthoud-ish set up > instead? Or will this be great for my needs?* > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
