Tool bag?

[Dave W]

I'm sure I've seen a bag that hooks over the back of a recumbent seat without the need of a rack, just big enough to hold a few spares and maybe a bladder? Did I dream it?

[swscotland bentrider]

I use a Bacchetta "Brainbox". I've also got a smaller lighter slimmer version. Don't know its name. The majority you see though are by Radical Design. Expensive but good.

[Dave W]

https://www.radicaldesign.com/recumbent ... -bags.html

Thank you, yes they are a tad pricey

[hercule]

Also the Terracycle FastBack (though I'm a Radical Banana bag man myself)

http://t-cycle.com/fastback-hydration-packs-c-6/

Available this side of the pond from Icletta in Germany. Nothing recumbent specific is cheap!

[Dave W]

I picked up a Topeak handlebar bag today in an amazing local cycle shop for a fiver. Might adapt it to fit in some way.
The shop is funded by people donating bikes to them, they had boxes and boxes of parts, frames, shifters, cassettes, racks even a box full of rear shocks. Any high end stuff gets singled out and put on glass shelves.Right alladins cave.

[crossy]

Is that bike shop in Trowbridge?

[Dave W]

It is.

[hoarder]

Fitted a pair of these to the seat on my Hase Lepus - using velcro straps around the tubular frame, you can then clip on / clip off in a couple of seconds.

http://www.hamsterbags.co.uk/home.html

They're not waterproof (so stuff anything that needs to be dry into a drybag/plastic bag first), but they;ve several pockets, and they're large enough to carry a tool kit, lunch, and a change of clothes. Maybe not as heavy duty as Radical's or Ortleibs, but they're good value for money.

[Dave W]

Clever!

[davyboy]

The hamster bags are very good I use them on the triike

[Mike Sales]

I strap a standard Carradice bag over the seat
top rail. Much choice.

[yelfordrover]

I use a Decathlon "hydration bag 3l" with the shoulder straps almost totally removed but then sewn together so as to hook over the rear of my m5 carbon seat. Then cut off most of the lower strap each side & sewed on a length of Velcro. This sticks to 2 bits of "opposite" Velcro stuck to the seat.
The bag takes a 1 litre hydration bag, tools, 2 tubes, mini pump, cape, phone & energy bars, yet doesn't look too bulky.

[squeaker]

Fitted a pair of these to the seat on my Hase Lepus - using velcro straps around the tubular frame, you can then clip on / clip off in a couple of seconds.

http://www.hamsterbags.co.uk/home.html

They're not waterproof ...

neither are Radical side bags IME

[canoesailor]

I'm sure I've seen a bag that hooks over the back of a recumbent seat without the need of a rack, just big enough to hold a few spares and maybe a bladder? Did I dream it?

I suppose it depends on the type of seat, but on my trike (jt2000) an ordinary backpack hangs on the back nicely using the shoulder straps. obviously small ones are available, but I use a bigger one and carry sandwiches, waterproofs etc in it. I dont even know it is there when riding. Best thing is they start at about £10, it gives you a wide choice before you reach the price of special bags.

Just corrected the typos, I was thick with cold when I wrote it - that's my only excuse.