Saddle Bags on Road Bikes: cool or uncool?

[Wet Ears]

Chicks dig saddle bags

[J∆kk∆ls]

I'm only here because of first world problems! 

[DJR]

I'm only here because of first world problems! 

Me too

[Mr lee]

Whether you look cool or not in whatever gear, as long as you are riding, you are cool 

[Patchelicious]

I'm only here because of first world problems!

A real FWP is needing to decide between your Pink, Blue or Yellow $65 Rapha utility pouch.

[NotSoBigBen]

Haven't used a 'camelpack' for over 4 years

 

I've yet to get caught short on road or mountain bike ... For road I just add a tube.

 

Not even bulky, made to be cycling shirt pocket sized. Squishy Bag for those that want to know.

 

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[eddy]

Haven't used a 'camelpack' for over 4 years

 

I've yet to get caught short on road or mountain bike ... For road I just add a tube.

 

Not even bulky, made to be cycling shirt pocket sized. Squishy Bag for those that want to know.

 

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Do you tow it in a Ventertjie ?

[NotSoBigBen]

Do you tow it in a Ventertjie ?

Didn't I say it fits in a shirt pocket comfortably?

 

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[karma]

If I had a $ for every guy I've bailed out with parts/tubes who was too cool to carry a saddle-bag...

 

Anyway, who cares. 

[Kalahari Vegmot]

No one ever said don't carry spares...

 

It's in the way you carry them...

 

No one ever said you shouldn't buy a car. You just shouldn't buy something like a qq...

[Furbz]

i unashamedly ride with a saddle bag on my road bike - yes even during the 94.7 race

i hate the look but prefer not having a weight in my back pocket.

my ballas bag looks a lot like this

 

1x bomb + adapter, spare tube, 2x levers and a piece of plastic incase i slice the tire riding over glass.

the piece of plastic has saved me more than once!

[seven]

If I had a $ for every guy I've bailed out with parts/tubes who was too cool to carry a saddle-bag...

 

Anyway, who cares.

Your name says it all...

[Patchelicious]

If I had a $ for every guy I've bailed out with parts/tubes who was too cool to carry a saddle-bag...

 

Anyway, who cares.

A saddle bag is not the only place to carry a tube.

A guy without a tube is not the same as a guy who doesn’t have a saddle bag.

 

Maybe you should carry some logic in that saddle bag of yours ????

[Grayskull]

i unashamedly ride with a saddle bag...

 

1x bomb + adapter, spare tube, 2x levers and a piece of plastic incase i slice the tire riding over glass.

the piece of plastic has saved me more than once!

Explain the plastic please Edited December 12, 2017 by Grayskull

[Coolspin]

Do you tow it in a Ventertjie ?

Or he could stash this under a fizik saddle, fit no problem.

[Furbz]

Explain the plastic please

 

if you ever gash your tire by 1mm or even up to 1cm (done that once hitting a pothole)

you use the plastic piece to place inside the tire over the gash. this ensures your replacement tube does not bulge out of the hole and burst.

 

i believe they now make stickers specifically designed to cover such holes