Apidura Backcountry Top Tube Pack vs Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack
Two top tube bags, measured against each other on the figures that decide whether they work on a bike.
The short answer
The Backcountry Top Tube Pack takes capacity and value per litre; the Racing Top Tube Pack takes weight. The biggest single gap is 0.5L more in the Backcountry Top Tube Pack. Which of those you care about depends on the frame you are fitting it to.
Assembled from the differences below rather than written over them. Every figure is a published measurement or computed from one — nobody here has used either one.
Where they differ
3 of the 4 things we can measure come out differently.
Capacity
0.5L more in the Backcountry Top Tube PackThe maker's own figure. Worth reading alongside the dimensions below rather than on its own — two bags of the same litreage can want very different frames.
Weight
40g lighter on the Racing Top Tube PackEmpty weight as published. Worth holding against capacity rather than alone — the lighter bag is not the better one if it carries a third less.
Per litre
$69.00 per litre between themPrice divided by the maker's capacity. A crude measure that still catches the case where the dearer bag is also the bigger one, which the price alone hides.
Side by side
Including the rows where they are level.
| Apidura Backcountry Top Tube Pack | Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack | |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 1L | 0.5L |
| Weight | 115g | 75g |
| Price | $79 | $74 |
| Per litre | $79.00 | $148.00 |
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