A lot depends on how much weight you have up there. I routinely ride with a small handlbar bag, a GPS unit and a light and I don't really notice a change. I REALLY like having things like food and Advil right at my fingertips. I can get into that bag while riding. I often drop a few Advil, but that makes the squirrels with headaches happy.



Ignore how unhappy I look. It's not because of all the stuff on my handlbar.

I expect the Arkel will feel a little different and change the handling some. But I'm making a lot of changes on my bike to go from doing double centuries to a self supported tour. The advantage of having my camera handy will be worth it.

My husband uses a different handlebar bag everyday that he commutes and he prefers it to his saddlebag.



Here's the large Arkel on our tandem from our Hawaii tour - Feb. 2003.


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