Tailfin Top Tube Packs offer 3 sizes and 2 closure types to haul more gear for more riders, even those with knee rub concerns...
With 3 sizes from small to huge and 2 closure styles from classic zip to an almost automatic flap, Tailfin’s new Top Tube Packs offer a way to carry more at your fingertips, even for those riders reluctant to attach bags to their bike.
James from Tailfin told us that their new packs would be different. Sure, we’ve heard that before, but this was coming from Tailfin, the masters of the uniquely technical bike bag. More importantly, the tapered design of the pack means it’s extremely difficult to get it to rub on your legs while pedaling. I’ve used other bags that have managed this feat, but not with this much storage. When looking down from the top of the bag, the Restrap frame bag I was running underneath was wider than the top tube bag. The narrow profile matched with the semi-rigid design of the Tailfin pack means that it’s the perfect shape for unobtrusive storage.
Lightweight is great, and it’s nice that my 1.1L Flip Lid pack was exactly as advertised at 189g with the 2 included straps I would need to fit the bag to my old school lugged steel adventure bike.This old metal cyclocross-style travel bike has had tons of iterations from mechanical canti rim brakes & mechanical shifting, to modern hydraulic disc brakes and wireless shifting. So it still has external routing on the top of the toptube, so good luck getting a bag there without compromise.
Really I can overstuff this little bag and it still closes easily with a little magnetic grab. Then, the stretchy loop offers plenty of extra length for me to clasp it over the plastic hook for a visible secure closure. And there’s even extra room for me to over-stuff it a bit more. We also tried out the bigger zippered bag for some snowy fat biking, and came away happy but unsurprised how a bigger bag than the mid-size is pretty much only for mountain bikes with long reach and wider toptubes.
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