That's a good question. Beyond the small opening I can only surmise that this bag suits those not wanting to get tangled up with bushes and such along tight trails hence keeping it all close in with the bike. Just my .02
I for one love my low saddle long flap bag. ~Hugh On Thursday, October 31, 2013 2:10:44 PM UTC-7, 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.
