Apidura Racing Top Tube Pack vs Revelate Designs Mountain Feedbag
Two top tube bags, measured against each other on the figures that decide whether they work on a bike.
The short answer
The Racing Top Tube Pack takes weight; the Mountain Feedbag takes capacity, price and value per litre. The biggest single gap is $108.00 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
4 of the 4 things we can measure come out differently.
Capacity
0.5L more in the Mountain FeedbagThe 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
47g 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.
Price
$34 between themManufacturer's price as we hold it.
Per litre
$108.00 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 Racing Top Tube Pack | Revelate Designs Mountain Feedbag | |
|---|---|---|
| Capacity | 0.5L | 1L |
| Weight | 75g | 122g |
| Price | $74 | $40 |
| Per litre | $148.00 | $40.00 |
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