Even if it's just to show your trail-centre riding buddies what they're missing by not riding a fat-bike in the wilderness, sometimes it's nice to grab a photo, right?
Not so nice is the unclipping and unzipping involved in getting at the camera which is carefully stored in that drybag in the bottom of the daypack. This On/Off routine annoys me to the point where I just won't bother with photos.
There are many packs and bags out there designed to place your essentials within easy reach and here's one of them. Designed by Topeak to live at handlebar end of a toptube and probably not with a fatbike in mind.
We chose this because it looked pretty strong, kinda neat, claims to be fully waterproof and eh...it was the only one in the shop at the time....
There are certainly bigger bags out there and while a handlebar bag would probably tick a few more boxes in terms of accessibility and volume of storage, I just can't be dealing with things obstructing my view of the front wheel and I really don't like the way any additional weight up front affects the steering feel. Fussy, aren't I?
It fitted on the Wo quite well, the velcro straps having adequate length. Seems well made, the waterproof zip is decent quality and it has a handy internal side pocket that's just about smartphone sized. Nice external finish too with the carbon-fibre look sidepanels which should wear well.
Garry is going to run it for a few weeks and see how it works in the real world. We'll be back with updates...
Thanks to the guys at MBW Moycullen for the test gear...
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