Many are projecting their own lives onto every else' life.
Frame bags are very handy for long rides in the back country when a water filtration system needs to be carried or when it is very cold and a thermos of hot food means survival.
If someone can't ride with a frame bag then they are packing it wrong, have a bag which doesn't fit their frame or have poor technique themselves. A frame bag which fits the bike properly and is packed correctly should be no more than 2 or 3 inches wide.
Originally Posted by
one4smoke
Thanks, guy. Yours is the Backcountry Compact 3L, right? Does it interfere with you taking your waterbottle out of it's cage?
Yes, the 3L.
I use side loader cages when the bag is mounted and only put it on with standard cages for that one photo.
-Tim-