Pretty bike rack bags

[icowden]

Hi all,

I'm trying to find a bike rack back for my daughters' bike as her bike isn't able to have a bottle cage, plus she would like to be able to pack "snacks".
The rear rack on her bike is fitted as part of the bike so I don't really want to change it. The bike is one of these:-

https://www.raleigh.co.uk/pioneer-trail-low-step-frame-17719

She saw a bag she really liked :-

View: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Roswheel-Bicycle-Multifunction-Bicicleta-Shoulder-Blue/dp/B06XTHM27Y/ref=sr_1_22?dchild=1&keywords=bike+rack+bag+blue&qid=1589213668&sr=8-22


The problem is that this one appears to be fake (the same bag turns up in searches with 3 different labels on the side), and all of the sites I have found selling it seem to be dodgy chinese mass marketing sites.

All of the bags I have found on reputable sites tend to be serviceable black.

So - any recommendations for a rack bag which is likely to be appealing to the Dort?

 

[vickster]

Roswheel are very basic

Anything on Cyclechic?
https://www.cyclechic.co.uk/shop/bags-baskets-panniers/all

https://www.lightinthebox.com/en/p/...lsa-selim-bicicleta_p4935738.html?prm=1.3.5.9
or
https://www.lightinthebox.com/en/p/...ck-carriage-bag-with-rain-cover_p1131419.html

I think these are from a Chinese site (although most things are of course made in China) https://www.lightinthebox.com/r/about-us.html?prm=1.3.84.0

or https://www.wish.com/product/599ac1bb8ee78d778cc3f986
https://www.wish.com/product/57cfdeece385e9225dc74e81

The Wish site has a bunch of bags, but you have to join up (think it's like Groupon)

or https://www.rutlandcycling.com/accessories/bags-luggage/ortlieb-rack-pack-24l_466433

or Velovixen https://www.velovixen.com/collections/commuting-bags-packs

 

[Moodyman]

That's a legitimate bag. I have one in grey.

Bought it about 10 years ago and used for commuting. Taken lots of abuse and still going.

As with lots of Chinese products, it's marketed under many different names.

Loads on eBay and cheaper. Search for 'bicycle rack bag'

 

[icowden]

Roswheel are very basic

True, but she doesn't need much at the moment. The LIghtinthebox site has a rock bottom rating on TrustPilot. The only good reviews are *highly suspicious*.
https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.lightinthebox.com

Wish don't fare particularly well either. I shall check out some of the others though

 

[tom73]

That's a legitimate bag. I have one in grey.

Bought it about 10 years ago and used for commuting. Taken lots of abuse and still going.

As with lots of Chinese products, it's marketed under many different names.

Loads on eBay and cheaper. Search for 'bicycle rack bag'

Yep Ms 73 has the very one in blue

 

[icowden]

Went to ebay and found one with a source in the UK. Thanks for the tip!

 

[Juliansou]

Hi - just stumbled across this so I don’t know if this is still relevant?
could I make a suggestion.......
I had one of these small rack bags & didn’t particularly get on too well with it - essentially too small to be useful. I’ve got a rucksack specifically designed to hang on a rear rack. When not in the bike you zip it up and you have a nice looking (in my opinion) rucksack to take with you.
pics attached

 

[icowden]

It's never too late. I like that...

The Chinese knock off I tried was awful

 

[Juliansou]

Yep - I think my original bag was the same - about £17 from amazon/eBay I seem to remember - pretty rubbish. I can recommend the rucksack - not cheap (about £70) but good quality and a nice piece of kit. I’ve had mine for 6 months or so and with pretty regular use it’s holding up well - Tourbon from Amazon, they make some nice classic/retro type stuff.

 

[Lovacott]

Hi all,

I'm trying to find a bike rack back for my daughters' bike as her bike isn't able to have a bottle cage, plus she would like to be able to pack "snacks".
The rear rack on her bike is fitted as part of the bike so I don't really want to change it. The bike is one of these:-

When I started commuting, I went for a backpack but it made my back sweat like mad. So I bought a rack and a pannier bag. I didn't get on with the bags so I popped into B&Q and bought a plastic storage box (they have loads of different combinations of size and shape).

It has a clip on lid and measures 38cm long, 28cm wide and 20cm high.

To fix it to the rack, I used an old kitchen knife which I heated up on the cooker to make small slots in the bottom of the box (one either side of a rail on the rack, repeated half a dozen times across the base of the box).

I then fed cable ties through the slots to secure the box.

I roughed up the inside of the box with some fine sandpaper and then spray painted the inside with some left over paint I had in the shed (British Racing Green).

I then fixed two cable ties to the back of the box forming a large loop and a smaller loop below to hold my water bottle (I've since bought a cage though so that I can take water while I am actually riding).

It looks a bit naff, but it keeps my stuff bone dry on my commute.

The box cost a fiver and the cable ties were two quid.