Apidura Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L 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 Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L takes capacity and value per litre; the Racing Top Tube Pack takes weight and price. 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

4 of the 4 things we can measure come out differently.

Capacity

1.3L more in the Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L
Apidura Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L
2L
Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack
0.7L

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

155g lighter on the Racing Top Tube Pack
Apidura Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L
210g
Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack
55g

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

$60 between them
Apidura Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L
$115
Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack
$55

Manufacturer's price as we hold it.

Per litre

$21.07 per litre between them
Apidura Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L
$57.50
Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack
$78.57

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 Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2LApidura Racing Top Tube Pack
Capacity2L0.7L
Weight210g55g
Price$115$55
Per litre$57.50$78.57
Apidura
Racing Long Top Tube Pack 2L
$115 · 210g
Apidura
Racing Top Tube Pack
$55 · 55g

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