(Keep our adventures going and the site growing! If you’ve enjoyed our stories, videos and photos over the years, consider buying our ebook Panniers and Peanut Butter, or our new Brompton Touring Book, or some of the fun bike-themed t-shirts we’re designing, or buying your gear through our Amazon store. In this video I review a relatively affordable option the Rodriguez Phinney Ridge. High position on the handlebar takes getting use to after rack bagsĪfter an exhaustive search in Portland, I could not find a small black one in person so I had to order it sight unseen from the good folks at Arriving By Bike in Eugene, OR. Between material and labor and long wait times, they are cost prohibitive for many people. I won’t go into too much detail (that’s what the vid is for!), but here’s the executive summary. Arkel’s system seems more elegant (and weighs less than a mini front rack) but I could never find a good video of how they actually worked. They are essentially single use and a pain to move from bike to bike. I despise the current “smash a wire” technology employed by every other handlebar bag maker. What led me to the Arkel handlebar bag was primarily its aluminum quick release system. Thus began the search for just a Plane Jane handlebar bag. I am NOT a fan of having to buy and install a small front rack for every bike I want to use the bag on. I use the air quotes because for a small bag it is fairly big! The current trend is to get all rando with a small front rack and boxy style bag that sits on the platform. The main triangle is optimized for a big frame bag, and it looks like it offers a capable platform for everyday riding and loaded bikepacking alike.In this video review, we take a look at the “small” handlebar bag by Arkel. It has a tall stack height, long-ish reach, and works nicely with short stems and heavy front loads. The frame has three pack mounts on the top and bottom of down tube, a bottle boss on seat tube, top tube mounts, fender mounts, internal dropper post routing, full loop cable guides, and clearance for 29 x 2.6″ tires (though it’s optimized for 29 x 2.25″).Īs for geometry, Wilde describes the Supertramp as having “comfortable off-road touring geometry,” and they say it’s perfect for an all-rounder. It’s based around their own Wilde TLC (Tough Light Compliant) Chromoly steel tubing and a matching steel segmented fork. In this video, we go in a little more in-depth about why we no longer ride B-17s and a couple alternative saddles that give a similar ride feel. It doesn’t help that we now live in the PNW where the constant rain can cause havoc on a nice leather saddle. The Wilde Supertramp is their first non-US-made bike, and it’s handmade in Taiwan through their partnership with the Maxway factory. Since then, we’ve sort of fallen out of love with them. We knew they’d been planning to add a Taiwan-made bike into the lineup, and today we’re are excited to see it come to fruition. They’ve since added their carbon Wayfinder Fork, riser bars, Rack Buddy basket bag, and a few accessory bags made in collaboration with Cedaero. Jeff Frane, founder of All-City Cycles, and Josh Klauck, owner of Minneapolis’ Angry Catfish Bike Shop, launched Wilde with a lineup of US-made steel and titanium bikes at that time, and they haven’t slowed down. Minneapolis-based Wilde Bicycle Company has been busy since their launch around a year ago. The new Wilde Supertramp is described as a versatile all terrain bicycle for bikepacking and touring, and it’s outfitted with lots of mounting points, clearance for 29 x 2.6″ tires, Wilde’s proprietary TLC double butted Chromoly steel tubing, and more.
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