Seat Bags
05-06-13, 08:25 AM
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I seriously doubt anyone here is pondering a seatbag for their TdF bike.
05-06-13, 08:33 AM
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05-06-13, 09:11 AM
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I am joining this thread, extremely late. I don't have(and won't use) a 'seat bag'. I do have a bag that 'velcroves' to the down tube, and the cross tube. I keep my locks in there. While I also wear a hippack that I will have my cellphone, emergency contact info, spare tube, tire lever, and patch kit, in. I want to get a GPS-enabled cycle computer, that will do more than do more than the GPS-tracking of the Garmin Edge 200. So I can be found, if I can't call for help.
05-06-13, 09:27 AM
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The only thing I put in jersey pockets are things I might need access to without stopping - food, maybe a map/cue sheet, sometimes my phone. Everything else goes in a seat bag (Lezyne S Caddy). Its quiet, I never know its there. I don't have to keep up with it or pack it or worry about forgetting it. Its always there, on the bike. To keep the bag extra minimal, I Velcro the tire lever to the underside of the saddle.
I'll quit using a seat bag when I have a team car with spare wheel and a team mechanic following me.
I'll quit using a seat bag when I have a team car with spare wheel and a team mechanic following me.
05-06-13, 09:58 AM
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Bob,
If you don't mind me saying that I started the thread and the question was 'do you carry a seat bag?' not 'what do you carry in your seat bag?' and what items justify carrying a seat bag.
I know, semantics, but the question was who does/doesn't carry a seat bag.
If you don't mind me saying that I started the thread and the question was 'do you carry a seat bag?' not 'what do you carry in your seat bag?' and what items justify carrying a seat bag.
I know, semantics, but the question was who does/doesn't carry a seat bag.
05-06-13, 10:18 AM
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My jersery pockets are often full with food, clothing and lighting batteries. No room for tubes etc. Seat bags are great.
Sidenote: I've seen Chris Horner race in the ToC with a spare tubular and micropump.
Sidenote: I've seen Chris Horner race in the ToC with a spare tubular and micropump.
05-06-13, 10:23 AM
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So, let me get this straight: the answers you were soliciting were basically just the poster's name and "Yes, I do" or "No, I don't." Is that right? Show of hands? What, do you have a bet with your wife or something?
05-06-13, 10:34 AM
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not at all... I was just saying arguing semantics and saying it doesn't count because it doesn't have a tube in it seems silly.
05-06-13, 10:42 AM
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I jump back and forth between bikes with regularity, as I ride my road bikes by myself, or in group rides, and I ride the Cannondale tourer or mountain bike with my bikes. I do not want to have two bags, two sets of tools, or repack each time, so I carry one road tube and one mtb tube, tools, inflator, etc and just move the bag from bike to bike.
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05-06-13, 10:46 AM
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Me, I'm a seat bag man. Not too big but not tiny either. Just big enough for 2 tubes, a multi-tool, tire levers, and my small cell phone. I will say, that a bagless bike does look cool; however, I don't like my jersey pockets stretched downward or outward with anything more than 1 - 2 Clif Bars.
05-06-13, 10:47 AM
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With me a long ride by myself in the boonies mean a seat pack. A shorter ride or a group training ride on my good bike means no pack. Everything fits in my jersey. Why drool over nice bikes and then hang a little suitcase under the saddle?
05-06-13, 01:36 PM
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Thought this thread was going to be about Harley chics.
Sorry, I have nothing to say now.
Sorry, I have nothing to say now.
05-06-13, 01:44 PM
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05-06-13, 02:10 PM
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I used to have a seat bag, but had to stop using it...because I need that space to mount my Bluetooth speakers....
05-06-13, 03:28 PM
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Good thought. So I'll change my reply to if you drool and lust over Harley chics, why have ...I forgot what I was going to say...my mind went to a Harley chic with no bra and leather pants.
05-06-13, 04:03 PM
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Not a racer, just want to have all the stuff on the bicycle and not find myself solo 50 miles out of town with no cell phone reception and no tools. I can't even remember to switch one saddlebag between different bikes, and I never could remember to put everything in my jersey pockets. So I have everything duplicated on every one of my bikes, multiple saddlebags, multiple multitools, multiple minipumps, etcetera... It's worth it to me.
05-06-13, 04:07 PM
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Put everything in one pouch, like a Lezyne, and leave it inside your helmet with gloves. Won't for it unless you forget your helmet.
05-06-13, 04:31 PM
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Don't be so sure it won't happen to you. Some guy I was riding with was responsible for planting that image in my head when he pointed to a rider in front of us and graphically redefined the saddle bag. Now I have just paid it forward. Here is the thing: now YOU won't be able to avoid thinking about it too, every time you see a saddle bag swinging back and forth in front of you. That's okay, don't thank me. It was nothing. Really.
05-06-13, 04:47 PM
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05-06-13, 04:57 PM
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You'll look so cool by the roadside after you blow both tires and break a chain . . .
05-06-13, 05:12 PM
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Not sure who you are addressing here, but I carry all that I need to fix those problems and many more in the zip pouch that fits neatly in my center pocket. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it. - Robert