Hi folks,
Hopefully this is the right place for this kind of question – I figured there's more bike bag experience here than in r/cycling.
I haven't done any actual "bike-packing", although I'm planning a bike-packing trip with my dad. My typical rides are around 25km long, which is my commute to work. For the time being I've been carrying any gear I need in a small backpack, which has worked. But it's not the most comfortable. Sweat gets trapped to my back which means I smell for work, and I've noticed that my back gets more sore when riding with my backpack.
So I've been looking at getting some sort of bike bag, but I am not sure what would be best and what the trade-offs are. I was initially looking at getting a handlebar bag, but then I read somewhere that that can make steering a little trickier and it's not very aerodynamic. What bag type would you folks recommend and do you have any specific brands/bags you would go to?
About 5-10 litres is suitable and if I could easily take it off the frame and wear it on my body that would be a very nice bonus (there are occasions where I chain my bike up outside and I'd prefer not to have people rummaging through my stuff). I live in Australia, and the bag I was thinking about getting was this one from a little company in Melbourne: the Separatist.
Thank you!
by Active_Yam_7511
2 Comments
The aero impact of any bag type is minimal unless you’re travelling over 30km/hr IMO. They’re much smaller than the body behind the bars.
If you want permission to buy the bag you want to buy, permission granted by a random internet stranger.
Get a half/partial frame bag unless your frame size is very small. Custom if you can afford it. I have one pretty much permanently affixed to every bike I own. My favorite bag maker in Australia is [HUNGRY](https://www.huuungry.com.au/) but there are others that may be closer to you and/or more affordable.