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Originally Posted by alan s
I like the look of the Topeak bag but one of the things that has always put me off is their attachment system. I like the idea of not using velcro attachment but I'd rather use different racks but you can't use the MTX on them. I wish they would sell an adapter.

Personally, I use a Racktime Trunkit. It suffers from the same problem as the Topeak MTX but it can be adapted to an Ortlieb system. The Ortlieb trunk bag is a little too small for commuting purposes but their attachment is superb. To make the Racktime Trunkit work, you need to replace the Racktime attachment system with an Ortlieb basket adapter.

All this seems like a kludge job and it is to some extent but I've used my Trunkit in extremely harsh mountain bike conditions without having bag come off even when I crashed. I can't say the same about velcro based systems.
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