Thanks for tuning in this is The Sweet
Cyclists and today we're gonna be looking at
Topeak's new Burrito pack bicycle saddle
bag. Here we have Topeak's new Burrito
Pack saddlebag. It is an interesting
variation on a traditional saddlebag
that combines a rollup style bag with a
traditional velcro mounting design.
Packing wise it is super simple, you have
Topeak's iconic yellow and white
coloring with really sharp contrasts. As
I mentioned you can mount this both on
your saddle rails as well as your toptube so
really flexible mounting. You have three
compartments for a lot of storage. We'll
go ahead and take this off here. The
retail price on this is $40, it has three
compartments for plenty of storage.
Velcro straps for easy mounting and
it can also be strapped both on your
saddle bag as a traditional saddlebag in the
saddle rail position or on
various places on your frame. If we go
ahead and open this up we have one
primary strap here to hold it in place
and then two side straps. Once opened up
it's quite large, you have Topeak here
with really nice stitching. The whole bag
is waterproof as well and you have a
nice three compartment internal design
with the instructions on the inside here.
It has a really nice compact form factor.
Now let's take a look at the weight
of the saddlebag, considering the that
they used lightweight fabric here it isn't surprising
that it only at 90 grams.
Now let's take a look at the fit and
finish of the Burrito Pack, what's really
cool about this is when it's all folded
up it's very compact. As you can see it
has a rolled up design that's very
reminiscent of a Burrito. To open it up
you have these two side straps on each
end and that secures the ends. Then you
have a main velcro strap in the middle
pull that open and then we'll unfold it.
As you can see once it's unfolded
it's really quite large, it reminds me a
lot of a smaller messenger bag without
straps. There's also this really cool
texture on the fabric as you can see on
the camera and it's not really obvious
until you see it at certain angles. You
also have this yellow contrast stitching
all the way around which gives it a
really nice polished look and Topeak
stitched on as well. As with all Topeak
products, the fit and finish feels really
good.
It feels like a canvas like material that it's
water repellent as well. You can
definitely use it for wet weather. On the
inside you have three compartments with
this nice yellow interior color to
really make it easy to see what you have.
Each pocket is fairly well sized, they're
big enough for a tube or other tools. On
the right side pocket you actually have
these little straps built in that's
designed for CO2 canisters or smaller
tools. I also found that I could roll up
money and put it on there pretty easily.
Now what is missing is that there is no key carabiner
which is a feature I really like. Now as
far as what fits in here you have to
keep everything within that fold line so
anything beyond that length which is
about 4 to 5 inches will cause this to not
fold over, so you are limited in capacity.
To pack it up, that's where
the burrito part comes in. You fold the
end as you would with a burrito and then
roll each end inward and secure the straps
on each side. Then use the velcro
over your saddle rail so if you do the
saddle rail you would do this kind of
wing design where you'd flip this over
one rail and this in the over the other.
It's quite easy to put on as this is so
long, I usually put this one in first and
then swing this
one on. You also don't have to put it on
the saddle rail you can easily put on a
seat post by just simply wrapping it
around on a top tube. Now lets put the
Burrito Pack on the bike, to put on the
saddle rails you simply loop the velcro
straps through the saddle rails long
side first and the shorter side on the
other side and fish it through. Then pull up and
then simply wrap it around and through the
strap and cinch it down. Once it's on
there it's actually pretty secure.
Normally you have a secondary hook with a
saddle bag but with this it's actually
pretty secure without that, also you can
mount this in other ways as well with a
simple velcro strap. Here I could easily
put it on the seat post by just wrapping
it around. The velcro design of the
Burrito Pack you can also mount this on
the top tube or seat post pretty easily.
To do that we simply flip it run the
velcro strap around and then cinch it
down so now you have extra storage on
your top tube and you can flip it around.
However you need as well as your seat
post if you needed it. Now let's do a
little comparison with other saddle bags.
Here I have Topeaks Wedge saddle bag,
it is a more traditional design with one
exterior pocket and a clip for lights.
The straps that go around the
saddle bag and a secondary one that goes
on your seat post. As you can see form
factor wise it's fairly compact, putting
these side-by-side you can see it's
quite similar in size but again the
three compartments on the Burrito Pack
makes it a lot easier to organize. The
big difference here is I don't have the
clip for the light and I don't have an
exterior pocket. Let's go ahead and
pack this up with some gear and see how
it looks when it's actually filled.
What I usually like to pack is a
additional seat tube just in case and
you want one of these whether you're
running tubeless or not.
As you never know when you'll need it. If
you can see the pockets are about one
tube sized, you can't really fit two
tubes in there. I like to also have a little
multi-tool, a tire lover's, and tire
patch kit. I don't actually carry a
CO2 but I really like these little loops
in here as it lets me fold in some money
and hold securely. Now we'll pack it up, so
this is where I'm saying the limitation
is if you put anything really long.
I'll pack this up here and then put the
strap on and secure the signs so as you
can see when it's loaded up with gear
it's pretty similar sized. It is the same width
and a little less tall now. The really nice
thing is with a traditional saddle bag
if you want to access anything when
you're on the side of the road you
really have to start pulling things out
just to find it so you really have to
dig deep and as you can see it it can be
a little messy. You have to make sure you
don't lose anything. With the Burrito
Pack you just simply pop it open and
then it's really easy to access what you
need whether it's a tool or tube. Now
let's go over the pros and cons of the
Topeak Burrito Pack. What I really like
about it is the premium construction,
it's really well made with nice
stitching. It's also really easy to
organize your gear and tools with the
three distinct pockets, and with the
velcro strap it's really flexible
mounting options you can put on your
seed rail your top tube or the seat post
itself. Some of the negatives is the
limited storage, it's fairly small it's
about the same size as a compact
saddlebag. Also it doesn't have a
taillight clip which is something that's
nice to have on a saddlebag and lastly
it has to be removed from the bike to
actually access the contents. There's no
external pocket so it's a little bit of
an inconvenience. Taking everything into
account I would give the Burrito Pack
an 8.8 out of 10.
It's really sleek and is a flexible storage
option if you need additional gear on
your bike or you just want a little bit
slimmer of a saddlebag. Thanks for
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