{"id":289,"date":"2010-04-08T18:49:21","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T23:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/?p=289"},"modified":"2010-04-08T19:47:10","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T00:47:10","slug":"topeak-rx-trunk-bag-dxp-with-fold-out-panniers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/?p=289","title":{"rendered":"Topeak RX Trunk Bag – with Fold-Out Panniers"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have made my bike bag decision and I am sticking with the Topeak RX Trunk Bag DXP<\/strong> (with the fold-out panniers) that I purchased at REI yesterday.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I like the size and I love the Topeak QuickTrack\u2122 system to attach and remove the bag.<\/p>\n

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Topeak RX Trunk Bag Expanded<\/p><\/div>\n

I was a little undecided about whether or not I wanted to stick with the more compact Topeak “RX” Trunk bag or if I wanted to move up to the larger Topeak “MTX”\u00a0 bike bag.<\/p>\n

For my purposes, I am sticking with the smaller (“RX”) version. I like to keep my bike bag permanently on my bike and for 95% of my riding, I only carry a few items with me. The other 5% of the time I bring some extra things for longer trips (a camera and camcorder, some tools, lunch and maybe a light jacket) and I believe that the RX Trunk bag, with the fold-out panniers should be able to handle this.<\/p>\n

Actually, I was not really interested in the fold out panniers until I started to look into them and checked them out in the store. You lose most of the space in the 2 side compartments but with the extra space that you get when you fold out the panniers (or side pockets), I think that it is well worth it.<\/p>\n

For those who prefer more space (for touring, longer trips, commuting, etc.), I would recommend the larger Topeak Trunk Bags<\/strong> (the “MTX” is\u00a0a pretty good size trunk bag that has the fold out pannier option) and\/or full size panniers.<\/p>\n

If you are not familiar with the Topeak QuickTrack\u2122 system<\/strong>, it is a patented mounting system that allows you to quickly and easily attach and detach the bike bag from the bike rack.<\/p>\n

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Topeak RX Trunk Bag Closed\/Compacted<\/p><\/div>\n

By lining up the rail on the bottom of the bag with the rail in the bike rack\u00a0you\u00a0slide\u00a0the bag\u00a0onto the rack until it clicks into place. To remove the bag you just press the yellow clip. It really does work quite well. No more messing around with Velcro straps.<\/p>\n

Note: <\/strong>You do have to have a Topeak QuickTrack bike rack if you are going to use a Topeak bike bag but the racks are no more expensive than other brands\u00a0and can also be used with bike bags from other manufacturers.<\/p>\n

Since\u00a0this bag is brand new, I don’t have any first hand experiences with\u00a0it yet, but I know I will, in time,\u00a0and I’ll be sure to update the about-bicycles blog or website pages with my experiences.<\/p>\n

I am pretty particular about bike bags and I have learned quite a bit in the process of searching for this one so I have updated the\u00a0Bike\u00a0Bags Page<\/a> on this site with the latest information.<\/p>\n

OK, so I am a little partial to Topeak<\/strong> now and I have also favored REI<\/strong> a little too, but having preferences and making honest and helpful (hopefully) recommendations are part of what this site is about. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I’m sure I will have more on this topic soon, but that’s it for now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have made my bike bag decision and I am sticking with the Topeak RX Trunk Bag DXP (with the fold-out panniers) that I purchased at REI yesterday.\u00a0 I like the size and I love the Topeak QuickTrack\u2122 system to … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9,10,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":293,"href":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions\/293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/about-bicycles.com\/bike-blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}