Originally Posted by
09box
I have considered getting a bigger rear saddle bag such as a Carradine or Revelate Designs Pika but have now stumbled upon the idea of a rear rack and getting a dry bag to strap down to the rack with a chord or two. It would be cheaper for sure. Also, I could use the rack to transport larger items home. What is riding with a rear rack like?
They're nice if you need to / have to carry extra stuff and have a "long" bag strapped to it. One of my other hobbies is amateur radio, and during this past summer, I'd ride to different radio events and have a couple of hand held radios along with some rather long antennas in my bag. In a regular saddle or handle bar bag, those would have stuck out of the bag, but now with my rack bag.
The only "problem" I ran into when I first put the rack and bag on was a couple of times I didn't swing my leg up high enough when getting off the bike. Fell on my butt hard enough once for it to be bruised for four days. The other time just my ego was bruised as I fell backwards (onto my butt again, but on grass that time) in front of a rather good sized crowd.
Thankfully, getting my leg up a little higher automatically came rather quickly.
