Available here: www.renehersecycles.com/shop/equipment/bags/rene-herse-handlebar-roll-bag/
Price: $98
How obtained: Sample from Rene Herse Cycles
RBR Advertiser: No
Typically, on day-long rides, I don’t want the weight of a rack and a trunk bag or panniers on my bike, but I nonetheless like convenient, lightweight ways to carry two general groups of items with me. Group 1 includes those items I hope not to need but am glad to have along should a mechanical problem arise: a spare tube, a patch kit, tire levers, few small tools and a pump. I carry those in a bag that hangs behind my saddle.
Group 2 includes items I’m more likely to use during the ride (such as snacks, sun cream, sunglasses, medications, maps, etc.), which I want easily accessible. (I carry my phone and wallet in my jersey pockets, but I don’t like stuffing those pockets with lots of other stuff.) Group 2 also includes items I may start the ride using but later want to remove (such as a skullcap, arm warmers, a vest or jacket, etc.), for which I want an easily accessible storage place when I take them off mid-ride.
A handlebar bag is the obvious solution for the Group 2 stuff, but several bags I’ve tried have proven too small, too bulky, not sufficiently water repellent, droopy or have inadequate straps for attaching the bag to the handlebars. (This is a pet peeve of mine. I had to tie knots in the straps of a bag I tested from a different manufacturer […]
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