Tank bag or backpack?

[gitarjunky]

Hey all,

So I'm going on my first mini road trip labor day weekend and I was contemplating buying either a new backpack or a tank bag. Icon makes a nice bag that is both a tank bag and a backpack (rideicon.com) , I'm just leery of the magnets that hold it on in tank bag position. Do these actually hold a loaded up bag in place while riding? I've noticed that magnets are how most attatch so, it must....anyway, which do you guys prefer?

[Sev]

my tankbag held on up to 170km with just magnets and no windscreen.

Cheap Joe Rocket one.

[asiantay]

Tank bag.

If you get a backpack, its stress on your back while riding and will inhibit your ability to roll in case you go down.

[Scoutmedic]

After having worn a backpack as well as strapping it to the pillion seat behind me, I'd say try the tank bag. The backpack gets uncomfortable when worn and, it shifted around with a load in it when netted behind me which became a distraction.

[VermilionX]

tailbag!

i don't like tank bags since they get in the way when i tuck in.

and i deifnitely don't like wearing a backpack while riding. tried it before, hated it.

[gitarjunky]

Yeah, the stress on the back is what I was worried about after a couple of hours on the bike. I take a backpack to and from my girlfriends house, but it never has much in it, I hardly notice its there. As long as those magnets hold up, I think I'll give the one a shot that can turn into a backpack once your'e off the bike (and hold your helmet).

[Ninja Geoff]

I used a backpack for 5 hours straight on the bike, not that bad. I've also used it as a tail bag. It worked okay, but the mounting was dubious at best. My undertail kit eliminated two of the mounting points for the tail bag, so i had to mount it to the passenger pegs, a really long stretch, AND the cords are 1/4 inch bungies.

[Mintbread]

Go the tankbag. The magnets work well to keep the bag in place plus it is resting nicely between your arms whilst you are riding. The bonus is that if you get a little tired you can lean your chest on the bag.

I say no to tailbags because you have no idea if the bag is about to/has fallen off. Loose straps and spinning wheels/chains are also an untidy combination. Lastly you can't ride two up if needed.

[MakeCarsStandSTill]

tank bag

[ofblong]

I use saddle bags because I have to carry tools around at work and it makes it much nicer to corner if the tools are in saddle bags rather than in a backpack or any other type device strapped to my backseat.