Dubbed their “bicycle baggage” assortment, the brand new Cafe du Cycliste lineup consists of prime tube, body, saddle, and handlebar baggage that will help you get all of the gear to camp in model.
All however the handlebar bag is available in military inexperienced (they they name “khaki”), and all objects use weatherproof materials, heat-sealed seams, YKK Aquaguard zippers, and hard nylon webbing mounting factors to strap to your body, bar, or seatpost.
Beginning on the entrance, the Handlebar Pouch Bag has a 2L capability and makes use of two handlebar straps with quick-release buckles for fast attachment and elimination.
An elastic wire secures it to the pinnacle tube or steerer tube to maintain it from bouncing about.
The Body Bag ($130, 4L) measures 18x38x6cm, giving it a beneficiant width with proportions that ought to match most frames. They are saying it’ll maintain a weekend’s value of garments whilst you stuff your sleeping gear within the bigger saddle pack. The primary opening is on the appropriate, and there’s a separate zippered pocket on the left for money, playing cards, and many others. A hidden, lined opening close to the entrance gives an escape for cables so you may run energy to your cellphone, GPS, lights, or anything in your handlebar.
The High Tube Bag ($89, 1.5L) has a inflexible building to carry its form, with a sleeved elastic band on the entrance to connect round your steerer, below your stem to maintain it upright. It measures 10x37x5cm, matching up almost completely on the bike with the body bag.
For smaller outings and regular rides, the Software Saddle Bag ($59, 0.5L) has sufficient room for a tube, tire levers, device, and CO2 package. A large Velcro strap secures it to your saddle rails, and the roll-top opening it held shut with a buckle on an adjustable size strap.
The Bike Packing Saddle Bag ($221, 10L) makes use of a stiffer structural shell to mount to the bike, with a detachable dry bag to retailer your gear. Each items are waterproof, so the shell gained’t get soggy, and a number of fixing straps maintain it securely to the seatpost and saddle. The shell options carabiner clips for lashing extra issues to it, and the dry bag has a compression valve that will help you pack it tight and compressed.
These baggage be a part of a couple of others of their assortment, together with an oblong “lunch field” handlebar bag, pockets, totes, backpacks, and extra.