thewalrus

It's a 78 cu. inch Cannondale "Fast Bag".

I can fit 3 clif bars and no GPS, or the GPS and 1 clif bar. Usually I don't take the GPS.

This is definitely max capacity - there's room left for folding money and a credit card+ID, not much else.

Maybe I can squeeze 1 more co2 cartridge - or a combo of 2 clif bars and 3 more co2.

rOOster14

can you show me a pic of the back off the bag on the bike please? im thinking about getting the same bag but i dont one ridculously large. pretty pweez
-rOOster-

thewalrus

i'll try to remember to take a photo when I get home - it's not very wide, the rolled up tube goes sideways in the front section of the bag. the MTB3 in a 69 position goes on the bottom at the rear.

if you have a cannondale dealer in the area they should have both the 78 and 104 cu. inch "Fast Bags" for comparison - the 104 is noticeably wider and deeper at the rear.

khuon

Several things to consider when cramming stuff into a saddlepack...

• Things tightly fitted into place often mean that retrieval amounts to pulling out more than you'd like. Popping open your bag and yanking out an energy bar only to have half the contents of said bag eject itself into a mini-yardsale can make for a frustrating experience. Pack things you'll most likely need frequently near the front to permit easier retrieval. Pack smaller or more valuable items further inside to mitigate the chances of accidently losing them when you're desperately tugging at that Clif Bar.
• Sharp objects scratch and even relatively blunt objects can abrade.
• Crazed and hazed plastic surfaces render things like LCD displays next to useless.
• Flatting miles from nowhere and pulling out a spare tube only to find it's pre-punctured from your keys just adds insult to injury.
• Squeeze-lights get squeezed and activated when crammed in tight spaces thus depleting their batteries in a fairly short period of time.

thewalrus

Ahh, good things to remember... The way I've found to fit things, GPS goes on top, with its screen pressed against the inside of the bag, which is kind of rubberized and doesn't seem like it can scratch much. The keys go in last, in a little mesh pocket on the back flap with the patch kit & band-aids. The flashlight takes a STRONG squeeze to activate. The tube is on frond end, the opposite end from the keys, so that should be safe (the only things contacting the tube in a stuffed bag are the MTB3's plastic sides, clif bars, or the rubberized bottom of the GPS).

The clif bars go in last, with the keys, as these are the most frequently accessed items. I do have to watch that an extra clif bar doesn't fall out when I open it up.

operator

Hahahaha. Toonies.

1) Get rid of that patch kit and grab the adhesive patches
2) Get rid of the gps
3) Get rid of the C02.

Problem solved. Or optionally

4) Carry a visa card

Stjtoday

[QUOTE=operator]Hahahaha. Toonies.

3) Get rid of the C02.


And you will fill your flats with???

LordOpie

Several times I've come across people who've run out of CO2 cartridges and they've borrowed my frame pump. I've never come across someone who's frame pump has broken. It's possible, yeah? But the who CO2 thing is silly.

As for the OP, do you have a jersey with pockets? Carry the food in there. For one thing, you should be eating small amounts regularly and stopping to get to the saddle pack has to get annoying fast.

Also, what's the point of a GPS that you don't use? Attach it to the handlebars or ditch it?

my58vw

I would carry enough co2 so that does not happen... (say I carry 4 canisters, loose say 1, and use 2 for 2 flats and have one left...

dekalbSTEEL

lose 2 clif bars, take a couple gels instead. Human patch kit? a little blood never hurt anyone take 1 key (car or house,depending on where you leave from.) mount the GPS.

'nother

yeah put the food in a jersey pocket, or maybe invest in one of these little "Bento Boxes" for easier retrieval, and more room in your seat bag:

thewalrus

Everybody loves money with elderly british women on it! When the first toonies came out in 1996, you could put one in a freezer, and after a few hours break the centre out. It was fun trying to pay for things with broken donut-holed toonies.

Lose the glue patch kit? Not sure i trust self-adhesive ones - but the glue patches I've done on my mountain bike tubes are stronger than the rest of the tube, and have lasted a long time. The patch kit itself is a german-manufactured Rema Tip-Top vulcanizing.

Bauerthis

why???

Bauerthis

Co2 Kicks butt if you know how to use it. I don't understand how people can't seem to figure them out.

thewalrus

as requested yesterday

operator

[QUOTE=Stjtoday]C02 is not supposed to replace your frame pump.

Bauerthis

Of course it is.

gcasillo

this might be what you're looking for...

rOOster14

haha..thanks alot for the picture

fogrider

mount the gps or loose it...how often do you go on route that you can get lost? do you need gps if you're going on a regular ride on roads you've been on dozens of times? co2 is lame. how much time do you save over a good pump? say a minute...big deal! a pump will keep on giving. if you were in a race and time was an issue, go with the co2. and the bento box is the best invention since brake shifters.