Bags - Wedge/Rear Trunk

[surgtech1956]

Can someone recommend a large wedge bag? I need something for my new road bike. I have a handlebar bag on my hybrid, but my road bike has 'sissy brakes', so I don't think one will fit. I was thinking about some sort of a large wedge. How do you carry your lock, etc....? Thanks

[Crankin]

I have a fairly big Cannondale wedge. It unzips to become larger. However, I am not sure a lock would fit in there. Basically we don't use a lock if we ride our road bikes. My husband has a very big Carradice bag that he can fit on his road bike, but we never would leave our bikes anywhere, even locked up. If we get a sandwich to eat, one of us stays with the bikes and then we usually have a picnic.
We use the locks on our hybrids, which have panniers!

[KnottedYet]

Lock goes in the pannier, which holds everything.

I don't have wedges or seat bags on any of my bikes. I'm too much of a packrat.

[Starfish]

I have an expandable Jandd wedge that holds quite a bit.

I had the cheater brakes, too, when I first got my bike. Found I never used them, so had them removed. Now, for really long rides, I sometimes use a tiny little wedge bag mounted backwards, just in front of my stem. I put things in there I rarely need to access on a long ride, like a couple tools, tube, cartridge, etc.

That way, when I'm getting into the wedge bag for a jacket or snack or something, it is just easier to get at, and I can carry a tad bit more on the bike without filling my jersey pockets, which bugs me a little.

[NoNo]

Glad you brought this up, I was thinking the exact same thing yesterday! I want something big enough to carry some tools, a spare tube, my phone, and some extra food. For the really long rides, obviously. Shorter stuff I'll just stick things in my pockets. I just don't want something that's obscenely large or will drive me nuts because it's bouncing around.

[Starfish]

Glad you brought this up, I was thinking the exact same thing yesterday!

I sometimes do unsupported rides up to about 10 hours, and sometimes the areas are rural. I have a frame pump for emergencies. I also have 3 bottle cages, but of course I still have to refill water. But, I find that with the underseat wedge, and the little wedge thingie on my bars...along with my pockets...I can carry everything I need, including a couple cartridges/tubes, food, some tools, phone, lip balm, small first aid, rain jacket, etc.