Originally Posted by
ogmtb
That’s great that you love your very big saddle bag. That wouldn’t work for me. If it flaps around on the back of your car then something like that would flap around on my rides.
As noted above, you wouldn’t have to put things in your pocket if you could manage the simple task of strapping stuff back under the saddle. It’s not a big deal to do that.
It’s great that you can “carry a lot more stuff than those few items.” I don’t need to carry more tools than that.
I ride about 8 century plus rides a month in the summer. Generally, I never want to have fewer than two spare tubes with me, plus I carry food in the bag. i also may have some layers I can put on if I'm likely to run into weather changes, and I can also carry a lock in it.. The big bag is nice because it can fold down quite small and be expanded as needed. I haven't ever had it get in the way of riding in the 1000 or so miles I've ridden with it on.
And when my bike is on my car, it is very nearly lying on its side. If you lean that far over on your bike while riding, the floppy bag is going to be the least of your problems.