My decision has at the heart of it much the same question as you, Patrick. I currently have the small, which is the perfect size for day rides 3 months of the year round here, when all I need to carry is my rain jacket and a few thin layers of wool. But I want a bag that is my single system bag year round, for short rides, day rides, and bikepacking. So: medium or large? I always run the Big Back Rack either way, so my decision points are as follows:
Medium: rides closer to the post and is two inches shorter, leaving more of the rear of the rack available to strap on tent/stove/pad/sleeping bag (whatever doesn't fit into the panniers or saddle sack. Large: more stuff fits inside, which I like. What doesn't can strap onto the top/back D rings on the bag and/or fit between the seat post and the bag. I'm leaning toward the large, as I don't really see a down side to having too much space and since I keep the rack on all the time anyway. Which eliminates the wool temptation, as it's not available in wool. Grin. With abandon, Patrick On Monday, May 6, 2013 11:17:40 AM UTC-6, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Question about the large: I can't imagine that the L would work without a > rack, but with a rack you can use panniers, which can have a capacity even > greater than that of the Sackville Large. So what is the advantage of the > Large over panniers, particularly since panniers are so much easier on/off? > > I love the Medium because, with my 58cm c-c/559-wheeled frame, there is > ample tire clearance even without a rack. But if I had to use a rack, I'd > use panniers because they are at once bigger and more flexible -- with the > Ram/Fy, for instance, I can carry none, one, two, big, small. > > (With my home-made more-or-less-QR saddlebag attachment, it's not hard to > swap between the S Med and the much smaller Carradice Junior, which last I > prefer if I'm not shopping.) > > On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 8:44 AM, Christopher Chen > <cc...@nougat.org<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> One vote for the large. I always carry tools, rain gear (top+bottom), >> locks, and still have room for work stuff and groceries. >> >> -- >> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > -- > > http://resumespecialties.com/index.html > patric...@resumespecialties.com <javascript:> > > Albuquerque, NM > -- 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?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
