Anne, those bags are for the equivalent of fast packing or ultralight back packing. On the Colorado Trail we saw a few folks with this type of set up -- they were racing from Durango to Denver the full 500 miles. Not my dram of whiskey. I like to be warm if it's cold, dry if it's wet, prepared if life's unpredictable, and enjoy the ride while I meander my merry way up and down the trail. Grin. I'm no heavy weight, with my gear and food for a week coming in at 35-40 pounds, but I'm nowhere near the 15 pounds they're doing.
With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, October 31, 2013 3:10:44 PM UTC-6, Anne Paulson wrote: > > I'm still thinking about setting up a dedicated mountain bike for > offroad touring. As I read journals and articles online, I see that > the various frame bags made by Revelate and others are becoming > popular. Like this one: > > https://www.revelatedesigns.com/index.cfm/store.catalog/Seat-Bags/Viscacha > > And I don't get it. Why would a bag like that, which is small and > which has a small opening so it's harder to load, be better than a > transverse saddlebag such as Carradice and Riv sell? > > I was looking at different bikes at my LBS today, and oh, look at > that, suddenly mountain bike manufacturers like Salsa are selling > rigid bikes as mountain bikes. Hmm. > > -- > -- Anne Paulson > > It isn't a contest. Enjoy the ride. > -- 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.
