I used the VO threadless decaleur with an Acorn rando bag, and it worked fine. One exception that very low handlebars on a small bike with a long stem may not leave enough room to clear the edge of the bag on the flat section of the handlebars. I just raised my bars a bit to fix that. This wouldn't be an issue with a stem mounted decaleur. Without a decaleur the Acorn bag wobbles more than I like.
Some avoid a decaleur and prevent bag wobble with p-clamps or Ortlieb brackets. This approach is very slick. JP Weigle uses clamps: http://www.flickr.com/photos/49353569@N00/4971213280/in/faves-27988383@N06/ On Mar 24, 9:16 am, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Thu, 2011-03-24 at 06:09 -0700, Rene Sterental wrote: > > That is correct. No decaleur is needed. The straps to the handlebar > > make it very stable. > > One big reason to use a decaleur is that it provides some stand-off from > the handlebar. Strapping a bag to the bars steals away most of the top > of the bar, preventing its use as a riding position. -- 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.
