This article reviews North St.'s Adventure Pannier bags and Roll-Top Trunk Bag, used during a Japanese bikepacking adventure. The review highlights their features, benefits, and areas for improvement.
Click to email a link to a friend Other than our legs, the real heavy lifting on our Japanese bikepacking adventure was done by North St .’s bags, with the rear cargo held by Old Man Mountain ’s
The rack comes with bolts and everything to mount to any bike with standard threaded rack mounts, but we needed the appropriate fit kits to strap them to the seatstays and attach to a specific Robert Axle Project thru axle with extended mounting tabs. This setup is ideal because it increases the load capacity from 55lbs to 70lbs, and Old Man Mountain’s website has a comprehensive “Fit Kit Finder” that gets you the right axle for any bike made, guaranteed.
We were able to clip our taillights to the roll-top’s closure strap, but depending on how tightly it was twisted , the light could either jiggle around or be aimed askew. It took work to get it aimed straight back, which is particularly important if you’re using a radar-equipped light like SIDE NOTE: North St.’s commuter-oriented packs DO have these features. Founder Curtis says they weren’t in high demand for bikepacking users as much, but they may be offering it in the future, either as a standard feature or option.
…and clothing on the other. The external zippered pockets are great for a microfiber travel towel, snacks, compact bike lock, or other things you want easy access to without digging around. , bike lights, a headlamp, tubes, brake pads, hand sanitizer, electrical tape, and various action camera mounts in here. I mostly rode with the Insta360 action cam on a handle stick shoved into my jersey or bib pockets for quick access.
Despite the diminutive size , I really like this bag. It held solid, something not every single-strap saddle bag does, and also works great as a basic small tool roll for organizing your stuff inside a hydration pack.The bags performed flawlessly throughout our trip. I had to mount my panniers as far backward as possible to avoid kicking them with my heel. But otherwise, they all fit on the bike perfectly and remained rock solid even over rough gravel backroads and chunky descents.
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