I am looking to buy a fanny pack for a possible bikepacking trip I am planning for the summer (in CO probably a mix of trail and gravel, no more than a week long). I currently ride my mountain bike with a pretty basic fanny pack that I sewed myself (see photo), and it serves me well, but I am unsure it will be good for longer days bike packing. I've backpacked on foot and I've biked (gravel, road, mtb), but never actually bike packed so I'm not sure what is going to be the most useful. I feel like a larger bag with a bladder would make sense (like an EVOC or Osprey hip bag), but maybe I should just wear a backpack at that point (I'm not sure).
I would love any fanny pack bag recommendations for bikepacking and/or answers to the following questions:
- What features do you find the most useful on a fanny pack bag?
- Do you keep your toolkit on your person or on your bike (or split)?
- What do you like to carry on your person?
- Any issues you have with fanny pack bags in general (or over other bags)?
- What size is too big? too small?
- How long have you had/used your bag? does it wear out? where?
Any feedback would be awesome!!!
by Snoopadoo1
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Most useful features for me on a fanny pack/hip bag are the means to carry extra water/fluids. I own the Osprey Savu 5 and I prefer the two water bottle set up over a hydration pack. I say this because the hydration pack in most hip bags takes away from the space to put other things inside.
I keep my main toolkit in my half frame bag but I do keep my ratchet set, dyna plug, in the hip bag. I also store more snacks, gum, lip balm, garage door opener, keys, credit card/ID.
No issues with it yet. I’ve owned it now for a little over four years. I bought the osprey because of the lifetime warranty. I feel like the Savu 5 is the perfect size. It’s big enough for everything I mentioned above but not too big that I feel the need to put more in there.