Long Distance Competition/Ultracycling, Randonneuring and Endurance Cycling - SaddlePack for Centuries and Beyond

Well, in that case, ride what ya got.

It's kinda like if you have a Porsche, it drives best with just a driver. But it can take two people and a couple hundred pounds of luggage for getaway weekends and even extended cross-country vacations in comfort and style.

On the carbon seatpost, the Topeak rack has a two-piece rubber shim. This may be sufficient to dampen seatpost-cracking forces to safe levels, and frankly the forces at the seatpost/seat-tube juncture are probably greater anyway, 160 pound (or whatever) rider with no rubber-sleeve damping vs. < 20 pound rack.

10Wheels is obviously having a lot of fun, and isn't that this is all about?

call old spokes home in burlington, vt. they have 2-3 bagmans on the shelf.

I told them you sent me. :)

It's kinda like if you have a Porsche, it drives best with just a driver. But it can take two people and a couple hundred pounds of luggage for getaway weekends and even extended cross-country vacations in comfort and style.

On the carbon seatpost, the Topeak rack has a two-piece rubber shim. This may be sufficient to dampen seatpost-cracking forces to safe levels, and frankly the forces at the seatpost/seat-tube juncture are probably greater anyway, 160 pound (or whatever) rider with no rubber-sleeve damping vs. < 20 pound rack.

10Wheels is obviously having a lot of fun, and isn't that this is all about?

Felt bike shop sold me the bike and the rack.
They know what riding is all about.

I told them you sent me. :)

nice. :thumb:

I like the saddle bags that attach to the saddle itself, but bigger than a wedge. Landd makes some good ones and they last forever. Some of the old school "saddle rolls" seem good too but Ive never used one.

Up on page 1 of this thread is the pannier-on-seatpost-rack-on-carbon-seatpost picture. I just noticed this picture in the Nashbar circular that come today:
http://www.nashbar.com/bikes/CatalogSearchResultView?storeId=10053&catalogId=10052&langId=-1&pageSize=30&beginIndex=0&searchType=resultSet&sortBy=iphrase%2Brelevance%2F%2F0&cn1=&searchTerm=na-wpr2*
If I'm not mistaken, that's a similar deal.

10 Wheels nice setup.

I use a large Bell bag hanging off the seat (cheap & chintzy, but holds a ton of stuff)
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and moved the smaller bag to the front for food.
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WHy was this year-old thread ressurrected?

Very good question...I am the OP, and no longer need this thread...However, the bag is working well for me.

Very good question...I am the OP, and no longer need this thread...However, the bag is working well for me.

Well since you don't need it any more, you don't need to spend the arm and leg that my wife did for the Moots Tailgators she uses on two of her bikes. ;)

http://www.moots.com/store-indivdisplay.php?primaryAutoID=6&Department=Titanium+Components

Hello, this year I am planning on trying to ride 2 centuries per month, but sometimes there is so much stuff to bring along it makes the back of a jersey sag. I have a very small underseat pack with a tube and c02 and multi tool, but do not have much room for more. The bag I am considering seems like it would be perfect for my centuries and other really long rides. What do you think about this bag? Do you think I can mount it on a carbon seatpost? http://www.topeak.com/products/Bags/DynaPack THANKS!

I think you should look at the Jandd Wedge III. High capacity, no hard mounting, no unnecessary weight. I've done centuries with it and you can bring the kitchen sink if you want to. And, you can jump it from bike to bike in seconds. Just watch out for those lame suspension hooks at the bottom of the bungees, I suggest you bust them off and tie knots instead..

Well since you don't need it any more, you don't need to spend the arm and leg that my wife did for the Moots Tailgators she uses on two of her bikes. ;)

http://www.moots.com/store-indivdisplay.php?primaryAutoID=6&Department=Titanium+Components

I was just getting my credit card balance down. I guess I can skip the mortgage this month.

Yeah, 10Wheels, but this is only the "Before" picture. Do not forget to show us the "After" picture, too.
:):):)

I don't know, it doesn't look too bad to me. The rack is clamped to the post just above the frame. I don't think it's pulling too much leverage at that point.

If you're mounting it on a carbon post, I'd worry more about compression than scoring. Use a torque wrench and only tighten the rack clamp to the same tension you use on your seat clamp so you're not risking pinch damage to it.

Anyhow, I use the large Topeak Aerowedge (http://www.topeak.com/products/Bags/AeroWedgePack_large_velcro). It's only half the size of the Dynapack which the OP is considering, but it's still 120ci and I can fit 2 tubes, patch kit, levers, wallet, phone, saddle cover, a couple of gels and Clif bars, and a multi-tool.


Another vote for the large Topeak Aero Wedge....that plus your jersey pockets should hold just about everything you'd need.