Bar Bag
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:32 pm
I really like my Apidura bar bag as the fact the bag is attached directly to the bars means it doesn't rely on the tightness of the straps to hold it securely. But I also like my other myog harness with separate bag as sometimes it's handy to remove the bag completely, for example at a bothy when you want to get all your kit inside quickly as it's raining. So I came up with a way to combine the best of the two systems.
This is the harness part which fixes to my Jones loops with the 4 straps.
The 3 fixed-on female buckle parts are for am accessory bag and the two little rectangular ones stabilize the bottom of my feed pouches. The two main straps running across it are a fixed length and sewn to the pad and the loops that fix to the bars are also sewn directly to these straps.
This is the dry bag part-finished. The straps are sewn on to the fabric. The two hexagon-ish pathces have short lengths of 25mm webbing on them for either a clip-on spare light or to attach my SPOT to. The black strip near the top is velcro. There are two strips running normal (90 degrees) to this on the underside of the harness pad, these just add to the security to stop any 'jiggling' of the bag.
The finished article. The bag attaches to the harness with the 4 buckles. It cant fall out even if the straps are loose as they are sewn to the bag. They can be tightened if there is less in the bag. Capacity is from 13 litres to under 8 depending on how many times the ends are rolled up. Having spare Jones to hand helps as otherwise I'd either have to keep going to the shed to try it on a bike or bring a (filthy muddy) bike indoors
This is the harness part which fixes to my Jones loops with the 4 straps.
The 3 fixed-on female buckle parts are for am accessory bag and the two little rectangular ones stabilize the bottom of my feed pouches. The two main straps running across it are a fixed length and sewn to the pad and the loops that fix to the bars are also sewn directly to these straps.
This is the dry bag part-finished. The straps are sewn on to the fabric. The two hexagon-ish pathces have short lengths of 25mm webbing on them for either a clip-on spare light or to attach my SPOT to. The black strip near the top is velcro. There are two strips running normal (90 degrees) to this on the underside of the harness pad, these just add to the security to stop any 'jiggling' of the bag.
The finished article. The bag attaches to the harness with the 4 buckles. It cant fall out even if the straps are loose as they are sewn to the bag. They can be tightened if there is less in the bag. Capacity is from 13 litres to under 8 depending on how many times the ends are rolled up. Having spare Jones to hand helps as otherwise I'd either have to keep going to the shed to try it on a bike or bring a (filthy muddy) bike indoors