thanks so much for the thorough info. Jason
On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 3:04:56 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > I use it. I ran it on the front of my Black Mountain Road bike at the San > Francisco Randonneurs Populaire last weekend. It will also be used for a > 90 miler from Daly City down to Aptos on the California coast tomorrow. I > won't be riding that bike, though. I'm loaning it to a buddy and riding a > different bike. > > Stable enough is in the eye of the beholder. It swings if you rock a lot > out of the saddle. I don't hate the rocking, but it does remind me that a > proper handlebar bag with a rack and a decaleur is much more stable. I > love that I can run my road bike svelte or versatile by just hanging the > boxy on there. > > It droops a little but it stays level. Not sure that makes sense. The > one change I would make to improve the design would be that I would make > the floor of the bag with a slot that the corroplast floor stiffener would > slide in to. You can see that stiffener in pic #5 on the Rivsite. It is > just velcro'd down in a couple spots and that allows the floor to droop > away from the stiffener, so your chapstick or change can get under it. > With a sleeve, that would keep the floor fabric from drooping away from > the stiffener which would be a little better. If I felt really strongly > about it I would have done a DIY by now, but I haven't. > > In summary I like the bag a lot, and think it is quite good for the price. > It is not a full substitute for a proper handlebar bag setup which could > easily be a $150 rack, a $250 bag, and a $100 decaleur. For less than > 1/5th the price it is a tremendous value. > > On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 8:17:17 AM UTC-7, jandrews_nyc wrote: >> >> Does anyone have experience using this bag? >> Think about getting one for my protovelo and don't want to put a front >> rack on it. >> Is it stable enough with just the webbing straps for a small load? >> Does is constantly droop down or stay pretty level? Obviously a very >> heavy load couldn't be supported. >> thank you >> Jason >> > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
