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Several close friends and I have been working on a bicycle saddle bag prototype and would like to get some inputs and feedbacks from fellow cyclists here. We want to make sure we are on the right path to help address the issues that current saddle bags have.
As avid cyclists ourselves, we often time have our dilemmas when it comes to saddle bag. Practical or aesthetic? Size or storage? At one hand we want the saddle bag practicality of carrying around the essentials items like spare tubes and multitools during our rides. On the other hand we want to keep the clean aesthetic of our bike. In the case where the practical sense won the first dilemma, we typically still need to trade off between storage space or utterly bulky saddle bag. Even the ones least concern with aesthetic would shake their heads staring at the brick like saddle bag hanging below the bicycle saddle. Majority of the saddle bags in the market today are boxy and black, which doesn’t help to promote the saddle bag’s stylish or aesthetic aspect.
What do you guys look for when choosing a saddle bag? What is in your wish list of the ultimate saddle bag? If you are not a saddle bag user today, what is holding you back and what will make you switch camp?
Would you be interested if there is a saddle bag that can do the following?
1. Compact enough to carry most of your essential items. Think 2 spare tubes, 2 tire levers, 2 CO2 canisters, Multitools with chain tool, patch kit, all these in a compact form factor.
2. Stylish enough to not ruin your bike aesthetic, this can be quite subjective and personal but assume it meets your styling requirement.
3. Quick attach and release. Much faster than dealing with Velcro.
4. Abundant styling/color choices.We love to hear your inputs and hopefully we will be able to create something that all the cyclists want to use. Thanks!
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For me, in no particular order:
Space to carry two tubes, multitool with chain splitter, 2 tyre levers and, ideally, a few other bits and pieces summing up to the size of another inner tube.
It should be narrow.
A light loop that keeps the light pointing in the correct direction is a must. And it should be able to cope with a decent weight of light.
I’m prefer to have a cinch stap for the saddle and seat post but the one for the saddle should just go right round the bag. Much the best way, as it stays tightly on even if the stiching for the strap to the bag fails. And not having to purchase and fit the quick release mounts is a bonus.
Waterproof would be nice.
No bling design. A nice black bag is fine. If you must bling it at all, put a little reflective piping on it.
Hope it helps…
Al
Storage space for all the listed items – checked
Narrow to avoid bib/tight rubs – checked
A solid attachment place for rear light – checked
Solid and fail safe mean of attachment – checked
Water/weather proof – checked
Bling or black, with reflective deco – checked
I think you will like what you see when our product is ready
Also, if you can contrive a way to carry a phone so that it’s accessable without disturbing everything else in the bag, but it’s still held securely and kept dry – then I’m in (probably)!I guess it really depends on the phone size isn’t it? Galaxy Note or iPhone plus will be a though challenge!
Dimensions for a snug racing bike type saddle bag should be circa 16cmx10x13cm LxDxWThe dimension of the prototype that we are working for is more compact than 16cmx10cmx13cm LxDxW so hopefully it will be snug enough
Too small and it then becomes less useful for the sake of a few extra cm, my tyre repair cannister (for riding tubs) is 15cm long, if I can’t get that in lengthways then the bag is no good to me as I’d have to have that in my jersey pocket.
having measured out the space with the tool, cannister etc it should be 16x8x10 and no less, any smaller and it isn’t a useful saddle bag IMHO unless you don’t want to take things like a spare tube plus multitool plus two decent tyre levers, and there are already inexpensive very small bags on the market already.
How do you propose to attach such a small bag to the saddle, singular clip, how are you angling the bag, vertical, horizontal or at an angle to match the seatpost?
There is not many cycling items that cyclists would bring during their ride that is 15cm or longer. Frankly we haven’t design our bag to store the tyre repair cannister. But perhaps it is something we need to look at in our design iterations. We are still finalizing our design so we may throw that in if it make sense.
Like I mentioned we are still finalizing a lot of our design details and there are still alot of options/selections that we need to go through. I will definitely share the details with you once we are finalized.
Dimensions for a snug racing bike type saddle bag should be circa 16cmx10x13cm LxDxWThe dimension of the prototype that we are working for is more compact than 16cmx10cmx13cm LxDxW so hopefully it will be snug enough
Too small and it then becomes less useful for the sake of a few extra cm, my tyre repair cannister (for riding tubs) is 15cm long, if I can’t get that in lengthways then the bag is no good to me as I’d have to have that in my jersey pocket.
having measured out the space with the tool, cannister etc it should be 16x8x10 and no less, any smaller and it isn’t a useful saddle bag IMHO unless you don’t want to take things like a spare tube plus multitool plus two decent tyre levers, and there are already inexpensive very small bags on the market already.
How do you propose to attach such a small bag to the saddle, singular clip, how are you angling the bag, vertical, horizontal or at an angle to match the seatpost?
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