Ortlieb Handlebar-Pack QR vs Oveja Negra 925 Handlebar Bag

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

The short answer

The Oveja Negra 925 Handlebar Bag is ahead on bar width, weight and price. Nothing measured here goes the other way. The biggest single gap is 24.6cm narrower on the 925 Handlebar Bag.

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

24.6cm narrower on the 925 Handlebar Bag
Ortlieb Handlebar-Pack QR
50cm — needs a 56cm bar
Oveja Negra 925 Handlebar Bag
25.4cm — needs a 31.4cm 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

275g lighter on the 925 Handlebar Bag
Ortlieb Handlebar-Pack QR
530g
Oveja Negra 925 Handlebar Bag
255g

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
Ortlieb Handlebar-Pack QR
$180
Oveja Negra 925 Handlebar Bag
$120

Manufacturer's price as we hold it.

Side by side

Including the rows where they are level.

Ortlieb Handlebar-Pack QROveja Negra 925 Handlebar Bag
Width across the ends50cm — needs a 56cm bar25.4cm — needs a 31.4cm bar
Weight530g255g
Price$180$120
Ortlieb
Handlebar-Pack QR
$180 · 530g

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Oveja Negra
925 Handlebar Bag
$120 · 255g

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