I was specifically looking for solutions for the hub area bag/rack combo. I think the backabike bags have some similarity in that they also use nylon straps for attachment, and I'll comment on that a bit, but the hub area bags have a bottom pocket that slides into the bottom of the rack as the bottom anchor point, so they are a touch different. This pocket actually complicates matters a bit for mounting systems like the Ortlieb kit as you can't just drop the bag onto the rack from the top, rather you slide the pocket into the bottom of the rack from the bottom.
I'm not sure the Ortlieb system will work on these bags, but I'm fixing to figure it out. I like the aesthetic and the simplicity that Riv is going for with these bags, and I don't find the mounting solution for the hub area bags to be problematic, but I wanted to see if I could improve it. I think that the strap mounting solution for the backabike bags is a bit more problematic due to the size of the bags. They're bigger bags which represent opportunity to get more weight in them. If you have one of those bags loaded with heavy stuff, I have to think that mounting/unmounting with the straps, regardless of how frequent you do it, could be fairly cumbersome. The hub area bags could be cumbersome too, but they're smaller mount lower to the ground so even if they are heavy you don't have a large bag to lift as far off the ground. On Saturday, August 27, 2016, 'Mark in Beacon' via RBW Owners Bunch < rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > If you are referring to my comment in another thread that they are not > designed for easy on/easy off, that was definitely not a lament! I > experience no grief over this, because I knew they were not made for taking > on and off frequently, and I don't need bags that facilitate that. > > Here is the product description: > > *Both mount via two grommets and a strap (included). It's not the one > hand/ one second mount and release of a lot of modern bags, but if you can > spare 30 seconds, you'll see the beauty in its simplicity and security, and > may have some bonus peace of mind knowing there's nothing to break, and you > can attached them with a shoelace, if that's all you got.* > > Now I see from Jeff's latest post that apparently you can easily retrofit > these with Ortlieb hardware. So there you go! Me, I'm sticking with the > stock system. > > On Saturday, August 27, 2016 at 10:42:08 AM UTC-4, LeahFoy wrote: >> >> I'm leaving a comment here so I get these responses. I'm wondering the >> same. I'm considering a pair of Backabike bags for our school commute and >> I've heard the lament about the mounting not being wonderfully easy... > > -- > 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 > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rbw-owners-bunch%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com');> > . > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com');>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
