Doki wrote:
> Pete Biggs wrote:
>> Doki wrote:
>>> I'm planning on getting some sort of rechargeable light,
>>> and I'll probably have the battery mounted below the
>>> seat as I'd like both bottle cages with bottles in. Any
>>> ideas for a small bag that mounts on the bike to carry a
>>> banana and my phone etc. in? It's a mountain bike so
>>> racks and so on aren't an option.
>>
>> Rear racks can be fitted to mountain bikes, at least to
>> those with conventional frames and no suspension.
>
> I'll only ever want to carry naff all on the mountain bike
> though. I quite fancy something nobody wants to seal for
> actually going places on. That would have full mudguards,
> a rack and a chainguard
.
>
>> A seatpost rack could be an option as well.
>> Alternatively, there's a big choice of bags of all sizes,
>> avaliable from bike shops, that can be fitted to the
>> saddle/seatpost.
>
> How would a seatpost mounted rack / bag work when I want a
> battery on the seatpost / saddle? There's only so much
> room on the seatpost
.
One doesn't like to ask how long one's seatpost is ;-)
How about storing the battery inside the bag - with hole
through it and plug & socket for cable?
Or battery under top tube, or any other suitable tube, fixed
with velcro straps?
~PB
