Listen uppp gear nerds! This is the TECHEST fabric in your science class. All the brains, brawn, and the looks.. YALE athlete & Rhodes scholar with a jaw to split an iceberg kinda fabric. A world class product of the Connecticut sailing industry, Dimension Polyant’s X50 replaces VX21 as our material of choice for our technical Fab’s line.
- X50 is extremely durable, lightweight, rigid, water proof, classically handsome, and soft to the touch. Wow, I could be talking about myself here.
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X50 fabric is 500D Cordura fabric face treated with a DWR, with a Kevlar X-Ply insert, and a .50MIL PET film backer.
- works great for front and rear use, just be sure to use a dowel or a found stick with the voile nano 6” straps when attaching in the rear to your brooks saddle loops (see photos).
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roll top design for expandable load capacity.
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works rackless if you’ve got a big enough head tube, or with the simple, inexpensive pec dec we sell to “pump up yer chest”.
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minimum drop handlebar width is 48mm c-c for the small, 66mm for the large
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20-34 litters for the small and 30-46 for the large depending on how you expand the roll top, long flap, and yer mind okaY.
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weight is 37 oz small and 40 oz large
A few notable new design features
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new mounting system that will work on more handlebars with more mounting options. -The side pockets are shorter than our old small in order to give riders with narrower drop bars more room between the bag/chest/thing and their hands on the hoods. Larges have the same huge pockets as before.
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quick magnetic bag closure for use in basket mode (roll top folded down inside bag) so that you can now open and close bag with one hand while riding.
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same split back adjustable connecticut made nylon buckle closure for when you need to expand the bag for touring and large grocery loads.
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loops for attaching shoulder strap when using off the bike.
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larges have a fun webbing handle in the middle for off the bike use
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bright yellow drop liner with inside organizer pocket for better weather protection and so you can better see your chocolate bars inside.
X-pac is made in Connecticut; a product of our 400 year old sailing industry (how cool!).