Detour Zoom camera bag

[Cataboo]

Got the bag! Sam at Detours figured out a way to get it shipped to me FAST. It fits my bike like a charm (it was a concern because I have a small bike and 38 cm handlebars) but it's actually quite small. My 300mm lens won't fit in it, and even the 18-55 is a tight fit on a small-ish Canon Rebel XT body.

I'll carry the spare lens in a special lens bag in my Carradice saddlebag and hope for the best. Otherwise it just never gets used, so I'll deal with the risk rather than have no chance at all to get pictures of those flamingos in the Camargue park.

Pics in two weeks.

I'm looking at this bag - but I can't see how the handlebar attachment looks on any website. Can you take a picture of yours? I have flat wide handlebars on all my road bikes and I'm not sure if it'll fit on those. Then I've got soma sparrows on my surly, and I'm not sure if it'll fit on the shape of those either.

Thanks!

[Grog]

No picture, sorry, but I ordered the "extra big" attachment and it worked fine. Check their website for details, but I think the best thing to do would be to email their customer service. They were very responsive with my queries...

[Cataboo]

thanks!

[Tri Girl]

I have that bag!! I love it!!! I don't have an SLR, but a fancy POS. I worry about the jarring, but it's very padded and had a velcro shelf to suspend the camera.
I wish I'd seen this before, but you got the bag anyway.

I have very narrow and small handlebars, and it fits perfectly. I couldn't go any bigger or it wouldn't fit.

Hope your trip is amazing- can't wait to see the pictures!!

[Cataboo]

I emailed Detours with a picture of my handlebars to ask if they'd work - I got one email back from someone saying yes, it'd work, and then I got another email from someone else saying no, it wouldn't work and the first guy was wrong.

Lol.

[Grog]

I emailed Detours with a picture of my handlebars to ask if they'd work - I got one email back from someone saying yes, it'd work, and then I got another email from someone else saying no, it wouldn't work and the first guy was wrong.

Lol.

That's too bad - but good thing someone caught the mistake of the first guy.

Maybe you just need another bike to use that bag specifically...

[Cataboo]

ha. I think it might work on my surly, so I went ahead and ordered it from REI outlet, because with their 20% off coupon going it ended up being about $25.

It won't work on either of my road bikes, because I've got those stupid flatbars on them that I love, but I'll look if I can figure out some way to make it work.

But I was hoping to find something that would work to have my good camera along for bike virginia.