Spoonrobot 

Nvm

mstateglfr 

I use a jandd mountain wedge expandable for most riding. Fits everything I usually bring plus some food since its 1.9l closed and 2.9l expanded.
https://www.jandd.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=FMWEX

for long rides where i won't hit another town for 25+ mi at a time, I have a jandd mountain wedge 3 that is 6-7.5l depending of its expanded or not.
https://www.jandd.com/detail.asp?PRDUCT_ID=FMW3

I have a frame bag, but dont love it due to how it attaches combined with how my cables are routed. Plus, it can get wide and interfere with my knees if its packed full.

0 interest in a rear rack + trunk bag. No thanks for gravel.

wheelsmcgee

TimothyH

I'm running Apidua 3L compact frame bag and a 1L top tube bag behind the stem, usually exclusive of each other.

For local gravel the top tube bag holds 3 gels, two or three sleeves of Gu Chews, some Nuun tabs and usually my pepper spray. I sometimes use it to carry a camera and micro-tripod. It will definitely hold 4x Cliff bars. It is slightly padded on the side and I don't know why - it seems odd.

The frame bag will hold a t-shirt and light running pants rolled up, small cable lock and glasses when I ride to place where I don't want to be in cycling shorts. It will be a little wide if I add a rain jacket. For true gravel rides it will hold a water filtration system, sandwich and rain jacket. Local winter rides I'll carry a Thermos of hot soup in the frame pack. This sounds like it will be too much for you.

These are not the waterproof versions. I have had clothing get wet in a 1 hour torrential rain - not sodden but certainly wetter then I would have liked.

Quality is top notch and shipping was five days from London to ATL.

You are welcome to try either.

aggiegrads

Marcus_Ti

Fully racked and fendered here. Most tools go in a downtube tool bottle or a Silca tool wallet (where the spare 40mm tube goes and flat kit) strapped to my front rack. Otherwise for touring I have panniers and a handlebar and trunk bags.

Having lots of bags to pick from gives lots of options, depending on needs of what I want to bring and how much...as well as where to put the load to keep things getting too bizarrely distributed in terms of weight. For JRA I'll just use the tool-bottle/tool-wrap/ and my pockets, commuting I'll add trunk or a pannier.

pbass

I use a Revelate Feedbag on every ride now and it's pretty amazing how much I can jam in there. For shorter rides that's all I use. Multitool, patchkit/CO2, tire lever, and my Endura Pakajak all fit in there with my phone, and an energy bar.
Longer rides/overnight I use some combination of feedbag/framebag/seatbag.

Lazyass

The smartest guy I've seen is someone I go on group rides with. He has an expensive carbon race bike but he uses a Banjo Bros handlebar bag, carries all kinds of stuff in it. It uses a quick release attached to the bars so it doesn't flop around and he doesn't have to strap it. Since it's not strapped down you don't lose any hand space on the tops. It looks much better in person than you think it would. Thinking about getting one myself.

Hypno Toad

(Image credit TMB Images)

I just bought an Ortlieb to hold cue sheets in bad weather. I rode Westside Dirty Benjamin in pouring rain - cue sheets were pulp after 20 miles of a 100-mile route and the only person in my group that still had functional cue sheets was using a handlebar bag with a map holder. It's not the 'cool' option, and will not be part of most gravel rides, but it was great for The DAMn (240-mile one day gravel ride). The bag held two cue sheets at a time, it was easy to change the cue sheets on the fly, and it was easy to access food in the bag.


Training ride pic showing the cue sheet/map window.

I've always used and enjoyed an older Revelate Gas Tank for food and a Banjo Bros saddle bag for tools, tubes, etc. Depending on the ride and weather conditions, I mix in a CamelBak Lobo which can carry a lot of gear.

For The DAMn, I used all of the above and was very happy with my set up.

Edit/afterthought - For a fanny pack - many friends like the local brand (Minneapolis) - Trash Bags Waste Basket. I plan to add on, but not likely use it on gravel rides ... if I'm going to wear something on my body, it'll be the CamelBak (super comfy and not as hot as you'd think)

pbass

Banjo Bros = excellent bang for buck. I have their small frame bag - was only around $32.

obrentharris 

Revelate Pika

Brent

cred0021

I've got a Topeak seat bag for all my tools, etc. that I rarely need. Got a Rogue Panda Alamo bag up front for stuff I access frequently: money, snacks, etc. - a Ruger LCP 380 fits in there nicely as well, for riding in the country...

Just bought a Topeak Super Tourist DX rack that I haven't installed yet, if I need to carry more stuff.

Couldn't load a pic since I haven't posted enough, sorry.

5teve

I like Acorn bags. Classy, classic, good designs, and well made in the U.S. https://www.acornbags.com/password

taz777

I'm just using a tool bottle at the moment to carry my puncture repair tools and I carry my phone in my running belt around my waist.





The bicycle pump is mounted under one of the bottle cages.

motrheadsroadie

i could never keep the roadrunner burrito bag secure enough around my handlebars. it would always come loose over real rocky terrain. so i threw it in the trash.
my custom yanco rumblin roll carries a tube, patchkit, and a multitool. co2 is kind of a joke. i like my silca impero.

bwilli88 

Here is my Centurion Pro Tour with a half frame bag (Apidura, I think) and an Acorn Tool roll.

wheelsmcgee

DrIsotope

Two small ones.

Tire and maintenance needs are housed in an Arundel Tubi, mounted between the bottle cages via a WolfTooth B-RAD 4... and some custom bits. CO2 to one side of the seattube bottle cage, pump is on the other.
Phone, spare batteries, etc, lives in a repurposed Molle bag on a handlebar mount (which also serves as out-front for the GPS, and holds my BT speaker.) The phone pocket is the one that's unzipped.

tyrion

For kitchen sinks and more. Carradice Camper Longflap saddlebag.

motrheadsroadie

tyrion

DUDE that is so awesome! I see Ultra Romance is one of their spokesmodels.

wheelsmcgee

DrIsotope

I start with some GoPro handlebar mounts from Amazon, and a strip of G10/FR4 from McMaster-- about $15-- this lets me build it to whatever dimensions I want. The mounts are fantastic for 6 bucks a pop-- I've never had the mount budge once. G10 is fairly easy to work. This is probably my fifth iteration of the Boombot mount, which would be completely unnecessary for anyone else.



I was originally using a smaller Molle pouch, one to just hold my phone, then stumbled across the above-pictured on on Amazon for under 10 bucks. It's very roomy, and very nice quality. Again, by going with Molle, you can find a bag in absolutely any size or configuration.

jfoobar

I didn't set out to have nothing but Revelate bags but at the moment that is how things have ended up:



Sorry for the crappy garage pic and ignore the tag hanging from the saddle. Just got it and am evaluating it. I also have a Revelate "feed bag" but only very rarely use that on long, unsupported rides in hot weather where I might want to carry extra water. Tried a few other options including a trunk bag on a rack and a couple of other frame bag models and like this one (the Tangle) the best. My bike lock (TIGR Mini+) fits inside of it, which is nice, but most of the time it is fairly empty other than the lock, my pump, levers, and a couple of tubes. The bag itself weighs next to nothing empty

wipekitty

I use a large Bontrager seat pack for my bike repair stuff (the bottom is pretty water and mud resistant), and a Jandd Bike Bag for extra...stuff...on longer rides.

These pics are from winter "gravel", but you get the idea. I have the Lion bag on my gravel bike, which goes nicely with the Lions Ride for Sight cycling socks.