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Topeak TourGuide Handle Bar Bag DX
Topeak TourGuide Handle Bar Bag DX – Features
Topeak Tour Guide DX Handlebar Bag 470 cubic inches, Black.

Unique, positive locking, quick release 2-piece handlebar bracket. Large capacity main compartment.
Divided Main Compartment, ?Front Zip Pocket, ?Top Pocket, ?Clear Map Pocket
1100 g / 2.43 lbs
7.70 l / 470 ci Capacity
2520/840 Denier Nylon, ?Dupont Teflon Coating

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Topeak TourGuide Handle Bar Bag DX – Reviews

I purchased this bag for touring, but so far it has been nice for riding around town. It’s a little bigger than a lunchbox and is the right size for all of the stuff that I would usually stick in a purse or day bag – wallet, keys, cell phone, something to snack on, a paperback and small purchases. It is nice to have the bottom mount for my headlight, which would otherwise be obscured by the top of the bag. The two mesh side pockets are pretty small. They don’t hold my water bottle comfortably, but are the right size for a cell phone or maybe some tissues. The bag also has a big horizontal pocket on top, and another big pocket in front, along with the map holder, which folds down which not in use.

The included shoulder strap is nicely padded, probably overkill for a bag like this that will never get very heavy. It gets in the way if I leave it on the bag while riding, but can be detached and folded up easily enough. I will probably transfer it to another bag.

The bag comes with a mo
R. Evans

The bag itself is a quality product. I was looking for a bag for an upcoming 475 mile tour. I wanted a handlebar bag that was big enough to fit my super zoom camera (almost the size of a digital slr) and would give it a reasonable amount of protection as well as have room for all my incidentals. I’m very happy with the bag.

The Fixer 8 mount is potentially made very well. I’ll amend my review after I’ve given it some miles. The issue is that it uses a 5mm allen bolt and it’s too short. The fixer 8 basically has 2 c-clamps that use a hex bolt to tighten it onto the handlebars. I have a 10 year old Giant TCR-2 and a 20 year old Specialized Hard Rock. Hardly strange bicycles. But… if you use the thin spacers, the mount would move freely and not clamp down on the bar at all. Or you could use the thick spacer and you could get only one side to actually get the threads to catch.

The issue is that one side uses a longer bolt than the other. Once side has a bolt with a hole that runs the length of the shaft. This is used for a safety catch. You run a cable through it, under your stem, and into the other side of the clamp. This prevents the bag from ending up on the road should the clamp fail. That’s fine, but the problem is that they could have gotten a much better review if they would have just sent this thing with 2 bolts. One long for the thick spacer, one shorter for the thin spacer. I can’t imagine I am the only person to experience this. 75 cents at a hardware store got a 2nd bolt that was 1/4 inch longer and it mounted fine. The really upsetting thing is that this was the case on both my road and mountain bike. They have to know this is an issue. Did handlebars change to a different standard diameter in the last 10 years?

I’ll amend this review if I have any other insights, particularly if I have any problems with this thing on my upcoming tour.

Jill Ely

This bag was way too expensive to be so darn flimsy. It comes with a security cable that is supposed to support the bag on the handle bars. I followed the instructions faithfully and tightened the cable as suggested. I didn’t even have much stuff in it and the cable let go about halfway through my ride and the bag drooped. I had to re-do the entire installation and tighten the cable even more. I had to use plastic zip ties to secure it. The bag itself is fine, my issues it with the way it connects to the bike. Very flimsy. Don’t expect to put much more than a few pounds in this very large and expensive bag.

GslimTM

It comes with a strap, raincover and computer mount if you’re curious. I put about 40 miles on it so far with a fairly good load, lots of road bumps.

Looking at the top bags available, the issues for me were a)spacing all the way around the (drop) handlebar, b) intelligent lay-out of pocket and space, c) holding shape over the long haul, and d) price.

Some of the hand made bags run too close to the bars imo, no finger room – a huge negative. Others are caverns, not a good use of separate pockets. Others require a decauter to keep them upright. Many are over $100. The Topeak bag is a good compromise, with the negatives being the mounting system is plastic (but metal screw channels) and the side pockets are not that useful unless you have wide drop bars.

As an edit to this review: I have done a couple tours, the bag has not been up to the load. The weak side supports allows the bad to sag and deform with any cargo weight. So, this bag is now used as a front bag rack, and no longer a handlebar bag. Nice design idea, but weak execution – choice of materials.

Kirby


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