Apidura Expedition Top Tube Pack 1L 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 Expedition Top Tube Pack 1L takes capacity and value per litre; the Racing Top Tube Pack takes weight. The biggest single gap is $79.00 per litre between them. 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 Expedition Top Tube Pack 1L
Apidura Expedition Top Tube Pack 1L
1L
Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack
0.5L

The 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

30g lighter on the Racing Top Tube Pack
Apidura Expedition Top Tube Pack 1L
105g
Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack
75g

Empty 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

$79.00 per litre between them
Apidura Expedition Top Tube Pack 1L
$69.00
Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack
$148.00

Price 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 Expedition Top Tube Pack 1LApidura Racing Top Tube Pack
Capacity1L0.5L
Weight105g75g
Price$69$74
Per litre$69.00$148.00
Apidura
Expedition Top Tube Pack 1L
$69 · 105g

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Apidura
Racing Top Tube Pack
$74 · 75g

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