ROCKBROS Bikepacking Bike Handlebar Bag Waterproof Large Dry Pack Bicycle Front Bag Roll for MTB Mountain Road Drop Bar Bikes Bar

I bought this bag for rough trail bike packing. I’ve used it once on a short 16km trial ride. It’s been great. I carry my tent, fly, pegs and footprint in the bag with room to spare. I have my Helinox chair strapped to the outside. One thing that you really appreciate is how the bag keeps out the dust. It was brown by the time we were done but everything inside was immaculate. When I opened the package from Amazon, the bag looked like a maze of straps and chords. Watching the youtube videos definitely made the set up easier. It is a bit fiddly to take the bag on and off the bike. But that gives me confidence in how well it’s attached. I consider myself particularly luck to get this on sale. Having used it now, I would be prepared to pay full price for it.

This is a really well made piece of kit. Very sturdy and plenty of space. The instructions that come with it are useless, you will need to Google and fiddle to get it set up correctly. Once on though it is really well thought out and will be my main storage on extended bike camping trips.

My wife knew my front bag was on its last legs and got me this as a gift to replace it. I love her to death for thinking of me and how much I love my bike and biking, but, as it turns out, this was not the right bag for me, despite being a spectacular bag for... somebody else! Are you heading into the outback? Going to bicycle the Pacific Crest Bike Trail (yes, that exists!) or the Oregon Timber Trail (which you may or may not survive intact...)? YES, this is the pack for you. Able to hold a ton of gear without interfering with your wheel or steerage, waterproof as all get out (OK, I would not take it dive-biking, if that even exists...) and big enough to take your 35 lb. maine coon cat named "Tiny" along with you (though I'm not sure he could breathe...), well, look no further! Are you not doing any of that? Are you just looking for a bag for easy and waterproof storage for your day-to-day commute that can attach to handlebars or panniers? Do you want easy access, a la a zipper or other top-side closure? That isn't this beast. And... are you a complete newb unfamiliar with how bags like this roll up and close? Also maybe not so much for you. How do I know that? I am a complete newb to bags like this. I figured out how to mount it correctly, despite the horrifying directions (yeah, it's just that one page placard you see in this listing, that's IT). But then, wait, how do I close the ends? Did I just buy an open-ended torpedo harness? Wait, OK, folding it up like a christmas present... OK that seems to work, but I don't see it being waterproof in any way. And, it's suppose to be 2 widths or more and that just won't work... OK, Mrs. Google, help me out! Ohhhhhh... you just roll the ends over and over and then clasp them when you have what you want. OK, I get it. I'm sure that you lumberjacks out there are laughing at me right now. There's some sort of stiffening strip attached to one side of the opening... not sure if that is rolled toward the inside or outside or if it matters at all. Newb. Still, I can't even imagine trying to unroll this to just get my iPhone out and then rolling it back up when I'm done, as I might do 10 or 15 times in a long ride. I also can't imagine detaching this from the handlebars to take into a restaurant when I stop for lunch. Nope, I need a satchel and I think RockBros has some really great ones. This just isn't that. Sorry, dear.

This bar bag worked well and hasn't failed yet. Could use a few easy access pockets instead of top elastic strap.

The first thing that will shock you about this bag is how gigantic it is. Seriously, before I had it installed I was sure it wouldn't fit in the space between the handlebar and the wheel - Hell, on first inspection I thought they had delivered a small sleeping bag by mistake. However, with the help of the belts and the very versatile foldable fabric, its size can be reduced quite a good deal. Speaking of versatility, I'm using it on a gravel bike with drop bars and I'm getting *a lot* more storage space than I was expecting I would; you don't necessarily need to have flat bars to make full use of the thing. I'm especially glad at how sturdy the fabric and the overall build feels, and how many fixing points there are - once it's properly installed it feels solidly stuck in place. Finally, it also comes with a few extra belts so you can tie up stuff outside of the bag if you fill it up, which is a very nice touch. The only downsides I can think of are: 1_ The instruction manual is borderline useless, it's so badly explained it's almost detrimental when installing the bag. 2_ I would've appreciated a zipper on the upper side to easily access the contents. As it is, you can only take out/put in stuff through the sides, and that can get somewhat uncomfortable depending on your handlebars and the amount of content in the bag. It's still easier than you might think (especially with drop bars), but it's not ideal.