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Review on Ibera Bike Handlebar Bag For Camera Equipment, Clip-On Quick Release Bicycle Bag With Rain Cover And Map Sleeve by Colin Zilinskas

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Perfect for my needs

I bought this bag to carry a superzoom point/shoot, a small point shoot, and all of the various snacks and supplies needed for distance riding for a Pittsburgh>DC (GAP>C&O) ride that I'm doing in the coming weeks.I received it about a week ago and immediately installed it. Installation is super easy and it sits out far enough in front of the bars to not interfere with cabling/shifting/bell (Trek 6000). It does block the standard-mount light I have on my handlebars, so I'm going to reinstall that elsewhere. (Minor inconvenience)Rode about 200 miles over the past week with the bag fully loaded with my planned kit for the GAP>C&O ride. These rides included a Century ride which contained about 35 miles along the C&O Canal Towpath (a dirt/gravel trail with numerous roots/bumps along the way). The bag was impressive throughout. It is very stable even when hitting some significant bumps and does not have a significant effect on handling at the speeds I ride (14-16 mph) on the trail types I ride. It fits a LOT more gear than I'll need for each day of the Pittsburgh>DC ride (max day is 77 miles) and fit everything I needed with room to spare on the Century.My load for the Century:Lumix FZ-100 Superzoom w/lens hood and extra batteryCanon Powershot SD1400IS ELPH and extra battery5 Cliff BarsMultitoolHard Sunglass CasePhoneNew Trent IMP120D External Battery/Phone Charger w/USB Cables (another great product available on ebay that I would recommend)Cue SheetKeysFit all of this in a very logical fashion with room to spare. Access is super easy and it can be accessed while riding, so if you have a small camera and want to take shots of your riding buddies while riding next to them, you can easily get to your camera to do so (when safe, of course!). I kept the wrist strap of my ELPH sticking out between the zippers (99% closed) and when I wanted the camera, I was able to just slightly unzip the bag and get to it without any difficulty.The clear top is great for a cue sheet/map and I imagine it would fit a phone (especially a slim line smart phone) if you want to be able to view your GPS constantly.On a future ride when I may choose to bring an SLR rather than the Lumix/ELPH combo, I would easily be able to fit a body with an attached lens up to 135mm and 1 or 2 small wide/midrange primes and most of the other supplies I brought along for that Century.The only two improvement I'd recommend Ibera make to this product are 1)(most important) to put more silver reflective piping on the bag, especially on the front. The sides have a decent bit, but the front has none which seems rather silly especially since it blocks a standard handlebar light, and 2) add removable cross dividers for better storage of extra lenses.It easily gets 5 stars anyway - add those two things and this would be a 6-star product.Highly recommended.

Pros
  • ‎Nylon
Cons
  • The bag can easily catch on branches or other obstacles on the trail