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Nope. Looking at the photos above the belt is about 3 cm? I used lots of
different bum bags since the 70's for skiing. While skiing I only needed wax
and a cork and maybe a little food so it was small and light. Later I tried it
for mountain biking and commuting. I am judging from personal experience that
a bum bag is only good for light loads. I think they look just fine. I have a
really nice Arcteryx bum bag with an external bottle holder. A bottle being
all cantilevered out back bounces so I have to cinch the waist belt and load
stabilizers it tightly or else it will bounce. Tight waist belts restrict
breathing. Bum bags with any weight ion them other than super light, don't
work well.
We went through this in the 80's with large lumbar bags with actual shoulder
straps to stabilize the load.
July 23, 2014, 11:42 a.m. - andy eunson
#!markdown Nope. Looking at the photos above the belt is about 3 cm? I used lots of different bum bags since the 70's for skiing. While skiing I only needed wax and a cork and maybe a little food so it was small and light. Later I tried it for mountain biking and commuting. I am judging from personal experience that a bum bag is only good for light loads. I think they look just fine. I have a really nice Arcteryx bum bag with an external bottle holder. A bottle being all cantilevered out back bounces so I have to cinch the waist belt and load stabilizers it tightly or else it will bounce. Tight waist belts restrict breathing. Bum bags with any weight ion them other than super light, don't work well. We went through this in the 80's with large lumbar bags with actual shoulder straps to stabilize the load.