Hello all,
Hope you are doing well.
Nowadays I have the following bikes
Ritchey Ti Carbon Breakaway Road bike XS => Quick release, no mounts, carbon rear triangle
Ritchey Outback Breakaway Gravel Bike XS => Thru axle , mounts, steel
And the following kit:
Restrap Rear Saddle Bag 8L
Restrap Race Saddle Bag 7L
Restrap Handlebar Bag (I believe 8L maybe a bit more)
Restrap Race Handlebar Bag 7L
Routewerks handlebar bag (with me most of the time).
I bought most of this kit around 2021, for some gravel bikepacking trips and long distance road races, also used on other bikes (I work on the bike industry so from time to time I had to test new bikes)
But always had one annoyance: the saddle bags touched my legs.
To the point of destroying a pair of bibs.
My bikefit was professionally done, I have zero pain on 300km rides, so I don't want to touch it.
Tried fiddling with the bags, with no avail. So I decided to seek a solution.
I came across tailfin.
Already did a bit of research here on reddit, youtube, etc etc
So far, it is the only solution I could find that is compatible with QR/Carbon/Thru axle
My question is now: can/should I replace the whole saddle bag+handlebar bag with the cargopack from tailfin?
Allowing me to ride only with tailin + routewerks and if needed fork bags?
Or am I missing something?
I am mostly inclined for the allow version due to the inserts, but read there were some failures…I am guy that tries the most to "buy it for life"..should I make the €ffort to go carbon?
Also I need to consider that the tailfin may well be packed with me in my luggage for some flights, which one would be most tolerable?
Let me know your opinion/experiences?
PS: Unless you have a real nailled down/easy to leave/neat solution that fits both bikes, please don't chime in that is expensive, etc etc
by AppropriateArtist408