Okay so here’s my bike so far. It’s a Trek Checkpoint ALR 5.
I’ve got the two front fork cages with clothing on one side and sleeping (bag, pad, pillow) on the other.
The frame bag ma lady made for me 😘. Which fits my tarp tent, plus odds and ends. I’ll add a mini handlebar bag too.
Then on the rear I found a used OMM Elkhorn. I was going to add to cargo cages with 1.5L Nalgenes on either side.
😥What I’m really struggling with is something on the rear as my food bag 💼. I kind of want something that top loads and I was looking at different trunk bags or the wald 137 with a bag in it. I’m looking for 12-20L ish capacity. I’ve never used a basket before and was worried it might rattle a lot. But I can’t seem to find a trunk bag that seems worthy of a long Bikepacking trip. I’ve thought about just a dry sack strapped down but I like the idea of a top loader.
Please 🙏🏻 help!
by Humble-Broccoli1514
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I would just use panier bags but maybe I’m crazy. Otherwise just get a seat bag. Blackburn or sumink
What’s your meal situation? Packing all meals or just breakfast? How many days?
My gut reply is less is more.
You can add more fork bags/ dry bags on anything cages in the rear. As others have suggested a seat pack also works. I find them to be too wobbly though. You can also strap a third dry bag to the top of the OMM rack. If you want to carry Nalgene I’d just strap them to the bags in the back. A watersack is easier to pack though.
Tailfin.cc has some cool options.
i was in a similar search lately and found nothing that excited me. I ended up with an ortlieb dry pack. took it to slovenia and basically like it
[https://us.ortlieb.com/products/dry-pack](https://us.ortlieb.com/products/dry-pack)
Positives:
quick attach/detach to the rack
shock cords hold extra stuff quite well
waterproof with vent
relatively light for something made by ortlieb
Negatives : still the end load tube form factor
this was a cool bag i found but too small
[https://northstbags.com/products/roll-top-trunk-bag?variant=44792920211681&country=US¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&srsltid=AfmBOoq4Kx-knOZEcKhuQxUeIeo_C5FkodQGSJbTnF4sMDRTxJTI1rh9iYU](https://northstbags.com/products/roll-top-trunk-bag?variant=44792920211681&country=US¤cy=USD&utm_medium=product_sync&utm_source=google&utm_content=sag_organic&utm_campaign=sag_organic&srsltid=AfmBOoq4Kx-knOZEcKhuQxUeIeo_C5FkodQGSJbTnF4sMDRTxJTI1rh9iYU)