The bright color and reflective striping enhance visibility in rainy conditions, as does the reflective striping found on both the black and the ground herringbone colored bags. The top of the bag completely wraps over the edges of the bag and makes it very weather safe, but to ensure the bag remains waterproof and the contents dry, the bag comes with a bright yellow, waterproof cover that completely envelopes the bag. The handlebar bag is more than big enough for the items I like to carry and access during a ride: water bottles, keys, gloves, extra lights, snacks, sunglasses, Israeli tourniquet, mini first aid kit and cell phone.
Mounted as recommended, the bag easily detaches and comes with a detachable shoulder strap to make it quite portable. The D2R bag is 10 x 4.5 x 8 inches in dimensions with a weight of 1.8 pounds and can hold 330 cubic inches in volume. It sits right above the front tire and is accessible while the rider is on the bike.
My local bike guy mounted the handlebar bag on a metal basket frame along the front stem of the bike, which makes it very secure and ensures it can handle more than the 13-pound capacity recommended by Detours. Let me begin with the D2R (Sodo) handlebar bag, which I had installed differently than they recommend because I have a Cygolite® bike light on my handlebars.
The ride never materialized, but I have used the bags both on- and off-duty and am quite impressed with them for both applications. By Craig Lepkowski, PCI # 1180/EMSCI #272Ībout a year and a half ago, after meeting Shawn Parks from Detours at the 2012 IPMBA Conference, I treated myself to both the D2R handlebar bag (now updated and renamed the “Sodo”) and the large D2R Panniers because I hoped to take a long interstate ride during the summer of 2013.
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