• Hopefully someone can help me or has come across the same problem - what’s the best seat pack (/system) for a small bike please? There isn’t enough room for two straps on the seatpost (there is only about 5cm showing above the frame), and there isn’t a huge amount of height between the bottom of the back of the saddle and the mudguard, so it has to come up on quite a steep angle near to the saddle.

    What’s best / most stable? There are so many of them! I think it only needs to be 8-12l not 14/16. Thank you!

  • Wildcat.cc always had one of the best reputations for a saddlebag with no sway. The company has changed owners a couple of times but think the designs are the same. holsters more than a self container bag with straps, and definitely small.

    Other options, revelatory spinelock (if they still do them?) mechanically latches onto the saddle rails rather than just webbing, ditto for Alpkit new fangled support that adds a stiffener attached to the saddle rails.

    If it hasn’t be soft webbing straps, then have a look and see what those riding full suss bikes have. Often used with a stansion protectors for a dropper, and are generally smaller and more stable as it’s assumed the bikes get thrown about a bit more!

    If it doesn’t have to be a rocket style saddle bag, then a more traditional Carradice as mentioned with a mini rack is probably your best bet for volume vs depth.

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