Apidura Racing Handlebar Mini Pack vs Swift Industries Zeitgeist Handlebar Bag

Two handlebar bags, measured against each other on the figures that decide whether they work on a bike.

The short answer

The Apidura Racing Handlebar Mini Pack is ahead on bar width, weight and price. Nothing measured here goes the other way.

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 3 things we can measure come out differently.

Width across the ends

2cm narrower on the Racing Handlebar Mini Pack
Apidura Racing Handlebar Mini Pack
28cm — needs a 34cm bar
Swift Industries Zeitgeist Handlebar Bag
30cm — needs a 36cm bar

Bar bags are sold on litres and fitted on width. The figure beside each is the narrowest bar it clears with usable room either side for cables and levers — on drop bars that is what rules a bag in or out.

Weight

432g lighter on the Racing Handlebar Mini Pack
Apidura Racing Handlebar Mini Pack
108g
Swift Industries Zeitgeist Handlebar Bag
540g

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.

Price

$100 between them
Apidura Racing Handlebar Mini Pack
$95
Swift Industries Zeitgeist Handlebar Bag
$195

Manufacturer's price as we hold it.

Side by side

Including the rows where they are level.

Apidura Racing Handlebar Mini PackSwift Industries Zeitgeist Handlebar Bag
Width across the ends28cm — needs a 34cm bar30cm — needs a 36cm bar
Weight108g540g
Price$95$195
Apidura
Racing Handlebar Mini Pack
$95 · 108g

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Swift Industries
Zeitgeist Handlebar Bag
$195 · 540g

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