Storage on a Burley Softride

[truman]

I just need a place for my stuff: puncture kit, tubes, tools, ID and whatnot - the stuff you'd keep in an underseat bag. The beam prevents use of a traditional underseat bag, and a rack trunk is bigtime overkill, as well as hard to set up again due to the beam. I thought about one of those little "Bento Boxes" that ride on the top tube, but I want to know what others in the same boat are using, before I get one.

Anybody?

[ElRey]

Softride used to make a bag that fits right under the beam. Check with them. I had one..... nice big space.

[tornadobass]

We use a small size seat pouch hung from the stoker stem, but also a rack and trunk. We're never going to go fast and always haul lots of junk, so that's been no problem.

[ElRey]

dude here's the link to the Softride beam bag... $24.95.

http://www.softride.com/product.asp?p=28

[truman]

dude here's the link to the Softride beam bag... $24.95.

http://www.softride.com/product.asp?p=28

That's perfect, many thanks from a Softride n00b.

[zonatandem]

There is a pseudo water bottle that somebody has on the market that you can store your stuff in; or there is a hot drink coffee mix that comes in a plastic container with screw-on top that also fits in a bottle cage that you could utilize. The Bento Box bag will fit on toptube/stem juncture. There is also a stoker handlebar bag available.
And you can use a standard rack on rear by using commercially available extender for rear rack to the 2 rackbolts on rear of Burley and (gasp!) carry a small bag on the rack.
Lots of options!

[truman]

I've been keeping my stuff in a modified water bottle, but in Texas summer, I'd rather use cages to actually carry water.

[zonatandem]

AZ summers are no cooler than TX summers! We can carry 7 bottles on our tandem (5 braze-ons + 2 mounted on handlebars). BikeNashbar also had a tool carrier (may not have it any more) that masqueraded as a water bottle.

[Brian the Red]

And you can use a standard rack on rear by using commercially available extender for rear rack to the 2 rackbolts on rear of Burley and (gasp!) carry a small bag on the rack.
Lots of options!

A search of the two forum sponsors and then a Google search turned up almost nothing. The only possible relevant return was for a Bruce Gordon rack w/extenders for :eek: $179. Any idea where one would find these extenders?

Thanks