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I bought them both: neither fit my bike very well (it's a tiny frame, and the out-front mount for the Wahoo Elemnt Bolt didn't play nice with the handlebar bag). Boyfriend ended up using the frame bag which was great. Was quite jealous.
This ended up being my set up for 12 days:
That's a 15 litre Brook Street Saddlebag. Worked fine for the first 3 days, but after that it had issues hitting the back wheel over bumpy ground, which was disappointing given it didn't do this in my testing. I've thankfully resolved the issue with the guys at Brook Street, so it's okay. Next time I would add a top tube bag, but in reality everything I needed for a day's riding was kept in jersey pockets.
Couple more things:
Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are great for cycling aren't they? I had a blast. 12 days and not a single drop of rain, pushing 30 degrees most days, absolute bliss. Managed to clock up nearly 1200km as well.
I now have a Uraltour saddlebag going spare, as I doubt I will ever use it again. It's one of these: http://eng.uraltour.com/saddle-packs/ in red, only used on a trip last year from London to Paris so it's in excellent condition. Think I paid about £46 for it -- does anyone want it for £35?
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Did you get either bag? They both worked well for me, particularly the handlebar bag. Some seams have pulled a bit on the frame bag (2 tubes, multi tool, swiss army knife, small lube bottle, levers so not excessive) will restitch or get replaced. Set up pictured halfway through http://veloviewer.com/segment/5097530 all was rock solid throughout.
Wouldn't change much for next time, maybe lose 0.5-1kgs through getting a multi tool with a knife and ditching the swiss army knife, only taking one inner tube, smaller towel and losing a small rei rucksack I had in case needed for shopping in the saddlebag. Conflicted about carrying a spare tyre (which I had doubled round the carradice) good for piece of mind, but other than 3 p*nctures from the same stealth flint the first day I had no issues.