RBW's Banana Sax with inside flap for security is available.

[Roberta]

I bought a "blue" banana sax and I got a dark blue color with an inside security fabric flap.  I called Spencer (inventory manager extraordinaire) wanting to order another just like this, and he told me all of his blue bags in stock are like this with the flap.  Now I can tip over and the contents of my bag will stay inside the bag.

This is my preference to the inside toggle, and if it is yours, he has about a dozen in stock, and we're the only ones who know about it!   It is not mentioned on their product page.  Order before it's too late!

The color is more a royal blue color and the bag is very stiff, with inside pocket on one side and a second inside pocket with stiffener on the side.  It reads a touch purple when I put it next to my AHH with a bright light shining on it.  It holds a bit more than the XS Saddle sack, which I like but sold recently because just a touch too small for me.

Roberta

[greenteadrinkers]

Is it me, or is the Banana Sack now the only bag in production that attaches to a Brooks via saddle loops? Every other saddle bag seems to mount with a strap that wraps up around the seat rails, then around the bag. I've got an old REI saddle bag scored from a thrift shop thats much like the Banana Sack in fundamental design, so easy to mount / unmount to a Brooks, kinda perfect, can't find anything like it.

Scott

[greenteadrinkers]

Here's a old Ebay listing / sale of the REI bag I'd mentioned, not pretty, but super functional. Sorry for highjacking the post.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Novara-By-REI-Bike-Bag-Black-and-Grey-with-Reflective-Stripe-/223925851569?nma=true&si=ycZFq4yld0tMx%252Be0p85HUl%252BOUIg%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 12:58:39 PM UTC-4, Roberta wrote:

[Shoji Takahashi]

Hi Scott,

I think Baggabond, HappiSack, Bagboy, and Saddlesack XS all attach via saddle loops. 

I have the predecessors to those (Saddlesack Large, Medium, Small). They are my favorite bags for general use.

shoji

arlington ma

[Scott G.]

On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 3:25:43 PM UTC-4, greenteadrinkers wrote:

Is it me, or is the Banana Sack now the only bag in production that attaches to a Brooks via saddle loops? Every other saddle bag seems to mount with a strap that wraps up around the seat rails, then around the bag. I've got an old REI saddle bag scored from a thrift shop thats much like the Banana Sack in fundamental design, so easy to mount / unmount to a Brooks, kinda perfect, can't find anything like it.

Acorn Bags make a several bags that attach to Brooks/Berthoud bag loops.

https://www.acornbags.com/

They are very well built, I've several of them.

The Medium Saddle bag, is the closest to a Banana Bag.

[DHans]

Thanks for the heads-up Roberta. I bought a used one not long ago and it does not have this handy feature. But, it’s so useful and fits just right under my Brooks saddle. I hang my reflective triangle on it and ease on down the road.
Doug

[Joel]

Scott, the medium Acorn looks bigger than the Banana bag (sorry, the only name I can call it by). 

[dougP]

There's mention on the Riv site about some internal details that sound like what you've got.  I've got an olive on it's way so will know in a couple of days.  It sounds like some pockets or organizer but the description is vague & it doesn't leap off the video.  Ah, the drama of bag buying.

dougP

[Surlyprof]

I had bought a gray one about a year ago not knowing that they had added the internal flap.  That, and the 2 internal pockets that are great for small things like a multitool and levers have made it my favorite bag.  I still hang on to my small Sackville but it has been gathering dust since I picked up Banana Sax.  Great bag.

John

Niles, CA

[dougP]

My olive banana sax arrived yesterday & it does just what I need.  I'd also looked at the similarly sized Acorn bag but as often happens with Acorn, out of stock.  Following up on the video about "what fits in a banana sax", I shot these photos of what I needed to carry.  Spare tube, tire levers, mini-pump, hand cleaning thingie.  It fits with room to spare, so no more dumping out the whole bag to get something.  I especially needed the lock to be easy to access.  On my front bag, it always sunk to the bottom & had to be dug out. 

dougP

On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 9:58:39 AM UTC-7, Roberta wrote:

[Ash]

I recently got a gray Banana Sax.  When attach it to the saddle though back of my thigh hits the bag when I peddle.  Is common?  or maybe it varies with the rider's height/seat post length?  After a while it get a bit annoying. This bag is great for using in the front.  Looks like it will last a hundred years.

[Patrick Moore]

All Carradice-type saddlebags (and Rivendell's are all variations on this theme) gently nuzzle the backs of your thighs as you pedal; I quickly got used to it. But you can make a standoff out of PVC pipe or a piece of scrap wood.

On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 1:59 PM Ash <ash...@gmail.com> wrote:

I recently got a gray Banana Sax.  When attach it to the saddle though back of my thigh hits the bag when I peddle.  Is common?  or maybe it varies with the rider's height/seat post length?  After a while it get a bit annoying. This bag is great for using in the front.  Looks like it will last a hundred years.

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Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum

[Hetchins52]

Acorn Bags has an elegant solution to the problem: A cylindrical leather stand-off and strap. 

https://www.acornbags.com/products/leather-stand-off-with-strap

One of the few of their products that is not sold out.

You could do the same with a toe strap and a piece of PVC pipe, as Patrick suggests.

David Lipsky
Berkeley

[dougP]

Elegant solution.  I've used my banana sax for several days now & not noticed any problem.  I think it is narrow enough at the front to not have this problem.  I used to use a hobo bag as a saddle bag & it was an issue.  Solved by anchoring the bottom of the bag to the rack so it was spaced back a bit. 

dougP

[Andrew Letton]

I have used a wine cork as a standoff with good success. I lashed it to the leather strap with hemp twine (of course!)

cheers,

Andrew

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[Ash]

The standoff solution is so simple and fantastic!  Such possibility never occurred to me!  One could buy the acorn product or there are many options to make one.

Thanks fellas.

[Mark Roland]

I got mine a couple orders back, along with a jumbo grabby. I've been grabbing the grabby but just broke out the banana on a short ride earlier this evening. Both were purchased when I think the only color was gray. I was hesistant, partly because I really liked the brown of my old jumbo grabby, which someone grabbed out of my car :( a while back, partly because I was worried about dirt.

No worries, most of the dirt is on the light side anyway. I almost think I may like the gray better than the brown. And the banana is great--as Roberta says, a bit roomier than my XS Sackville (in brown). And the gray with the brown leather trim is high zoot & goes with my dark blue & black & chrome Fuji Finest. Now I just have to break it in a bit. Shouldn't be too hard as with winter coming the bag with more room will get the call more often than not.

On Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 12:58:39 PM UTC-4, Roberta wrote:

[Dorothy C]

Surlyprof, thanks for the mention of 2 pockets. I had gotten the earlier one with the inner toggle, and when the second one I bought came with a flap instead, I never thought to look under it for a pocket. 

Speaking of things I didn’t know, I discarded the Coroplast stiffener out of my first one thinking it was just packing material.