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    #32
    Lusk_Doyle
    Registered Users Posts: 4,338 ✭✭✭Lusk_Doyle


    doozerie wrote: »
    I like the Arundel Dual. I've had one of these on each bike for a few years now and have never had a problem with them working their way loose or spewing their contents out all over the road. They are a very simple design, a single compartment, a leather patch which butts up against the seatpost (protecting both it and the bag itself), and a long velcro strap wraps through the saddle rails and around the bag to hold it in place. It'll hold 2 tubes, tyre levers, a multitool, and spare patches, and still have a small bit of room left over. It doesn't catch on my legs and there is no exposed velcro to snag on anything.

    My wife has one too, but hers fell off at least once. When I compared it to mine the velcro strap on hers was just a little shorter and therefore there was less velcro holding it in place. She also had some extra bits and pieces in hers which meant the velcro had a harder task to start with. So maybe the contents of mine are just within its limits and/or the quality control at the factory that churns them out might be suspect, but I've been very happy with mine and would buy one again in an instant.

    They also make a smaller one, the Arundel Uno, which I swapped onto my good bike a while back. It has a little over half the capacity of the Dual but still manages to comfortably hold all of the stuff I put into my Dual minus one tube.

    How wide is your saddle / what is your saddle that the first one you linked above doesn't rub off your shorts? I'm amazed that you can fit that much stuff into that size bag. My bag fits two tubes and a small multi tool only. I still find that it rubs on my shorts sometimes!


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    #33
    doozerie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    @Lusk_Doyle, Ah, that's a point, both of my saddles (Specialised Romin and Prologo Scratch Pro) are 143mm and the saddle bags don't protrude from the sides of either of them. I've not actually tested with a 134mm saddle so maybe those 9mm make all the difference. Mind you, the Dual is a relatively narrow saddle bag and the velcro strap compresses it further, so it might be fine with a narrower saddle but I can't say for sure.


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    #34
    bazermc
    Registered Users Posts: 3,116 ✭✭✭bazermc


    Roger Hassenforder wrote: »
    pockets are for everything.
    rule 29-31

    Fcuk the rules!


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    #35
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,205 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    doozerie wrote: »
    I like the Arundel Dual. I've had one of these on each bike for a few years now and have never had a problem with them working their way loose or spewing their contents out all over the road. They are a very simple design, a single compartment, a leather patch which butts up against the seatpost (protecting both it and the bag itself), and a long velcro strap wraps through the saddle rails and around the bag to hold it in place. It'll hold 2 tubes, tyre levers, a multitool, and spare patches, and still have a small bit of room left over. It doesn't catch on my legs and there is no exposed velcro to snag on anything.

    My wife has one too, but hers fell off at least once. When I compared it to mine the velcro strap on hers was just a little shorter and therefore there was less velcro holding it in place. She also had some extra bits and pieces in hers which meant the velcro had a harder task to start with. So maybe the contents of mine are just within its limits and/or the quality control at the factory that churns them out might be suspect, but I've been very happy with mine and would buy one again in an instant.

    They also make a smaller one, the Arundel Uno, which I swapped onto my good bike a while back. It has a little over half the capacity of the Dual but still manages to comfortably hold all of the stuff I put into my Dual minus one tube.

    I met your wife on the road over the weekend and with the distance she is doing something like that might be spot on.

    Never thought a thread about saddle bags would get to 3 pages!


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    #36
    Ole Rodrigo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,013 ✭✭✭Ole Rodrigo


    Brooks or Carradice ?


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    #37
    harringtonp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭harringtonp


    Darkglasses wrote: »
    I've had two of these Topeak ones and I like them fine. Might be a bit bulky if you're concerned with looks, but they're well made and don't bounce around. The large one (which I have) will definitely hold all that and more. The medium might do as well, depending how big your multi-tool and tubes are.

    Great bag, over the years I accumulated all 4 sizes. Straps mean you can fit it tight to any saddle.


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    #38
    harringtonp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭harringtonp


    07Lapierre wrote: »
    Pockets are for: Phone, Keys, Money, Gillet, and FOOD. :D

    All the things you don't care if you lose :D They go into my saddle bag and any pump/tube etc that doesn't fit in also goes into the jersey.


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    #39
    piston
    Registered Users Posts: 520 ✭✭✭piston


    Tools, keys and any other sharp/pointy object should not be carried in the pockets. You really don't want to stab yourself with it if you have an unplanned dismount and land on it.


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    #40
    diomed
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    A small frame bag is good.


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    #41
    godtabh
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 23,205 Mod ✭✭✭✭godtabh


    Went and got the Topeak medium aero wedge. It fits alot! I have 2 tyres, spare front and back lights, levers and multi tool. Should keep me going!


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    #42
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    ror_74 wrote: »
    Carradice

    /thread


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    #43
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users Posts: 12,235 ✭✭✭✭Cee-Jay-Cee


    I've a Scicon Élan small saddle pouch that attaches witha Velcro strap to the saddle rails. It'll take a spare tube, 2 tyre levers, 2 x 16gr CO2 cartridges, air chuck adaptor and a 60mm valve extender and I can just about get the door key in there too. It fits neatly under the saddle and is barely visible which is what I wanted.


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    #44
    harringtonp
    Registered Users Posts: 2,563 ✭✭✭harringtonp


    godtabh wrote: »
    Went and got the Topeak medium aero wedge. It fits alot! I have 2 tyres, spare front and back lights, levers and multi tool. Should keep me going!

    Medium is my standard winter bag. Racing/fast sportives put what I can in the mini with rest in back pockets. Large used mountain biking


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    #45
    doozerie
    Registered Users Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    doozerie wrote: »
    Mind you, the Dual is a relatively narrow saddle bag and the velcro strap compresses it further, so it might be fine with a narrower saddle but I can't say for sure.

    Just to provide something more useful here, I checked my saddle bag earlier and when loaded (2 tubes, Lezyne SV10 multitool, 3x Park Tool tyre levers, Park Tool self adhesive patches, tyre boot) the body of it is about 70mm wide, and about 80mm wide at the straps which wrap around it. That's the width as you look down on it from above, so might give a better idea of whether it would provide clearance for legs on narrow saddles.


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