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Dubbed ‘Straggle-Check’ Frame Bags, these bags are designed to fit both Straggler and Cross-Check frames. They’re handmade in the U.S. by Revelate Designs using Dimension-Polyant VX21 polyurethane-coated fabric. They’re durable, rip resistant, tightly woven and laminated to be highly water resistant. Revelate advises using stuff sacks inside (such as those in which our bags are packaged) if you think you’ll be riding in extended downpours or underwater.

These bags use a ladder strap system, which lets you customize the fit and placement of the mounting straps. So if you have some weird contraption clamped to your frame tubes like a chain keeper, cable pulley or some trinket grandma gave you, you know it won’t interfere with the mounting straps on the frame bag. We also include foam bumpers for the mounting straps to minimize thread abrasion to the bag and attachment points. Quality YKK brand water-resistant zippers – with an improved, water-resistant zipper ‘garage’ – control compartment access and help keep the weather out. Zippers are sewn with a stretch panel to relieve stress, because yes, stress even kills zippers.

The large main compartment has a flexible divider inside, and there’s a hydration port to make sure your whistle stays wet. There’s also a compartment suitable for smaller items you’ll access relatively often, like your map, phone, hard-boiled eggs, uncontained pudding, marbles for playing marbles, your dugout, that ring you found that makes you disappear when you put it on, or what have you.

NOTE: due to the rough texture of the mounting straps, prolonged use may lead to scratched or worn paint.  If you’re worried about keeping everything looking pristine you probably ought to look for some other type of bag, or figure out a way to protect the paint, such as duct tape, or tatting a top tube doily – for example.

Specifications

SKU Waterproof Color Number of Compartments Material Size
BG5830 Surly Straggle-Check Frame Bag for size 38/42 Cross Check and Stragglers BG5830 No Black 2 Dimension Polyant VX 38/42cm Cross-Check / Straggler
BG5831 Surly Straggle-Check Frame Bag for size 46 Cross Check and Stragglers BG5831 No Black 2 Dimension Polyant VX 46cm Cross-Check / Straggler
BG5832 Surly Straggle-Check Frame Bag for size 50 Cross Check and Stragglers BG5832 No Black 2 Dimension Polyant VX 50cm Cross-Check / Straggler
BG5833 Surly Straggle-Check Frame Bag for size 52 Cross Check and Stragglers BG5833 No Black 2 Dimension Polyant VX 52cm Cross-Check / Straggler
BG5834 Surly Straggle-Check Frame Bag for size 54 Cross Check and Stragglers BG5834 No Black 2 Dimension Polyant VX 54cm Cross-Check / Straggler
BG5835 Surly Straggle-Check Frame Bag for size 56 Cross Check and Stragglers BG5835 No Black 2 Dimension Polyant VX 56cm Cross-Check / Straggler
BG5836 Surly Straggle-Check Frame Bag for size 58 Cross Check and Stragglers BG5836 No Black 2 Dimension Polyant VX 58cm Cross-Check / Straggler
BG5837 Surly Straggle-Check Frame Bag for size 60 Cross Check and Stragglers BG5837 No Black 2 Dimension Polyant VX 60cm Cross-Check / Straggler
BG5838 Surly Straggle-Check Frame Bag for size 62 Cross Check and Stragglers BG5838 No Black 2 Dimension Polyant VX 62cm Cross-Check / Straggler
BG5839 Surly Straggle-Check Frame Bag for size 64 Cross Check and Stragglers BG5839 No Black 2 Dimension Polyant VX 64cm Cross-Check / Straggler

Sizing

Straggle-Check Frame Bag

Mountain Frame Bag with measurements for (A) Seat tube inner, (B) Top tube inner, (C) Down tube inner, (D) Seat tube area width, (E) Head tube area width

Bag Size

units:
42 46 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64
Seat Tube Inner 11.8 300 13.0 330 14.8 375 14.8 375 15.4 396 16.9 430 16.9 430 17.3 440 17.7 450 19.3 490
Top Tube Inner 15.7 400 16.9 430 17.7 450 18.1 460 18.9 480 20.5 520 21.5 545 22.2 564 22.4 570 22.8 580
Down Tube Inner 16.1 410 16.5 420 16.7 425 16.5 420 16.9 430 18.5 470 18.5 470 18.5 470 17.3 440 20.1 510
Seat Tube Area Width 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70
Head Tube Area Width 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70 2.75 70
Model Fit Frame Size (cm)
38 42 46 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64
Cross Check A 42 46 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64
Midnight Special A 42 42 46 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64
Pack Rat B 42 46 50 52 54 56 58
Straggler 700c A 42 46 50 52 54 56 58 60 62 64
Straggler 650b B 42 46 50 52 54 56 58 60

#42-64 = Bag Size
A = Best Fit, Like Custom
B = Good Fit, But Not Quite Like Custom

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LIMITED WARRANTY

This Surly product is warranted against defects in materials and workmanship for one year from the date of retail purchase of the product, subject to the limitations detailed below. Save your dated receipt for proof of purchase.

This warranty does NOT cover the following:

  • Damage due to improper assembly or follow-up maintenance or lack of skill, competence or experience of the user or assembler
  • Products that have been modified, neglected, used in competition or for commercial purposes, misused or abused, involved in accidents or anything other than normal use
  • Installation of components, parts or accessories not originally intended for or compatible with bicycle as sold
  • Damage or deterioration to the paint, surface finish, aesthetics or appearance of the product
  • Normal wear and tear
  • Labor required to remove and/or refit and re-adjust the product within the bicycle assembly

This limited warranty is expressly limited to the repair or replacement of a defective product, at the option of Surly, and is the sole remedy of the warranty. This limited warranty applies only to the original purchaser of the Surly product and is not transferrable. This warranty applies only to products purchased through an authorized dealer or distributor. In no event shall Surly be liable for any loss, inconvenience or damage, whether direct, incidental, consequential, or otherwise resulting from breach of any express or implied warranty or condition, of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or otherwise with respect to our products except as set forth herein.

This limited warranty gives the consumer specific legal rights, and those rights and other rights may vary from place to place. This limited warranty does not affect your statutory rights.

TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, THESE WARRANTIES ARE EXCLUSIVE AND THERE ARE NO OTHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS INCLUDING WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.