RudeDude wrote:
Does anybody know the difference? It's not explained clearly on the website. From what I can tell, the 483D is a tad larger and has a brown rubber bottom (though the 480D also says the bottom is rubber). Has anyone attached to the top tube via industrial velcro? Just bought the Torhans aero bento and found that it is not functional. Either going with DSW or will just put salt pills and bars in my back pocket.
Thanks for the feedback, soon we are going to post a kind of flow chart to help riders figure out which Speedpack might be best for them. The colors of all of our packs are actually identical, the 'brown' is just an artifact of the photo lighting.
To get to your question, what kind of bike do you have? If it helps, both the 480D and 483D will fit on most tri bikes (and others) with top tube storage bosses. The main difference between the 480D and 483D is the shape and capacity. The 480D has a mostly flat front which is designed to mount flush against the back of a standard stem (or, in the case of most P5s, the Aduro stem/aerobar). But the Speedpack 483D is a bit longer, a bit narrower, has more capacity, and most important has a fully shaped aero front, so it can sit further back on the top tube with minimal aero penalty.
Since a lot bikes either run quite low stems, and/or have unusually shaped advanced stems, and/or have top tube entry cabling behind that stem, we usually recommend the 483D as the most aero storage solution for most advanced triathlon bikes (and it's what we use on our n.P3s). Hope this info helps, but please don't hesitate to post again if you have any additional questions.
Greg @ dsw
Advanced Aero TopTube Storage for Road, Gravel, & Tri...ZeroSlip & Direct-mount, made in the USA.
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