Schwinn Bicycle Handlebar Bag

by Schwinn

Product Features

• Weather resistant nylon fabric with map window
• Reflective trim for added safety
• Multiple storage areas for small gear
• Bonus shoulder strap included
• Can be removed as a regular bag

Product Description

Featuring the Schwinn brand Americans have trusted for over one hundred years this bag straps directly on to the handlebars and features the legendary Schwinn styling. Transport small items such as drinks and repair kits safely and easily. Never be caught trying to lug bulky items in pockets again. PTI Sports products are designed with safety as the first and foremost concern and are constructed of high quality parts and materials to prevent degradation over time. Thoroughly tested, our products last through years of use before they are recommended for replacement, ensuring safe cycling for years to come.

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0018CPG1M
• Item model number: SW75323 3PK
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,341 in Sports & Outdoors (See Top 100 in Sports & Outdoors)
  • #25 in Sports & Outdoors > Bikes & Accessories > Accessories > Handlebar Bags

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Roomy, Inexpensive Bag If You Can Find A Way To Attach It. I Returned Mine., November 2, 2009

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Voiceover Guy - See all my reviews

This review is from: Schwinn Bicycle Handlebar Bag (Sports)

Wonderfully roomy bag (Schwinn doesn't give dimensions but I'm guessing 600-700 cubic inches or more ?) MUCH roomier & thus more usefully designed than most higher-priced bags, but alas, cheaply stitched & made. Made- in- China build quality; doesn't look like it will support a lot of weight; stitching at key points probably won't last for long if you try. So this won't hold up as a long-haul bicycle-camping/touring bag or heavy duty grocery-hauling accessory. But for Sunday daytripping around the 'burbs or park bike paths, this should accommodate bulky but lightweight items( rainjacket, gloves, and some LIGHTWEIGHT snacks,etc) & you might be pleased with this high-volume bargain bag. Fabric looks mildly water resistant but looks like it would get pretty soggy in any prolonged downpour. Detaches from handlebars to serve as (usefully roomy, again) shoulder bag with included clip-on strap. Nicely designed slide-in clear map case insert on top (sewn in, not detachable).

Problem is with the ill-designed three velcro attachment straps: they are badly mis-positioned so that the bag sags forward and down, unsupported and surprisingly low-- and because there's no integral frame, the bag comes to rest with its weight resting directly on the front tire itself in the case of both my two bikes (both my standard mountain bike with horizontal handlebars and my standard 'road' 10-speed bike with standard dropdown handlebars). The only style handlebars that this bag might hang correctly with as-is might be an older style 3-speed, what is now being marketed as a 'suburban cruiser', with VERY HIGH, curved-horizontal wide handlebars (high being key). Odd design, don't know why Schwinn OK'ed this strap placement, or maybe it fits some type common in China, where it's made and, for all I know, designed as well. Another American company that seems to have become just a nostalgia-marketing-brand for Chinese products.
If you want to adapt this bag to fit the handlebars found on 90% of American bikes today, you'll probably have to detach and re-sew the straps to the correct height for your bike. You may also want to reinforce them (they're sewn onto the one-layer-thin outer bag fabric only) with do-it-yourself rivets. And if you have (or are willing to add) a front rack for your front wheel, the bag can rest on that & problem solved. If not....
For the low price, and the outstanding roominess, and if you crave a little project, you might adapt this bag to work fine for you. But don't expect it to fit most normal USA bike handlebars right out of the Amazon box without alterations. And without a front wheel rack to take the load, don't expect that large capacity to translate into carrying much weight.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Huge, July 28, 2011

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lubger - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Schwinn Bicycle Handlebar Bag (Sports)

To be honest, I didn't expect the bag to be so huge. The good thing is that one may fit almost everything in - the cell phones, tools, wallets, a couple of bottles, what have you. The not-so-good thing is that it hangs quite awkwardly if placed on the frontal rail, where it's supposed to hang, and may obstruct reflectors and/or lights installed on your bike.

The bag is nicely sealed from the weather, and has a transparent pocket on top (for maps, I presume?) which you are unlikely to use on the go anyway.

They should add some kind of straps or an outline zipper to be able to collapse the bag into a tighter shape if necessary and to expand it to full capacity when needed.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The right gear, shoddily made, September 9, 2010

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John Jones (Chicago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Schwinn Bicycle Handlebar Bag (Sports)

This handlebar bag is the perfect size to supplement my mountain rack bag when I don't want to expand to a full panier. Unfortunately, the zipper on the bag is of very poor quality. It has broken twice in a few weeks - in two different ways. Immediately the zipper started opening up at the reverse end, and now recently the zipper pull-tab snapped off. Too bad - it would have been a nice sized handlebar bag.