EVOC TWO WHEEL BAG

£84.99 SPECIFICATION Size: 75x80x15cm • Weight: 1,285g • Contact: zyrofisher.co.uk

Wheel bags are traditionally for racers but even if you’ve no intention of ever competing, the Evoc Two Wheel Bag is extremely useful and has protected many a rotor, car interior, van, frame and camper from scrapes, dings and mud.

Made entirely from polyethylene, it’s tough enough to survive both being dragged around the garden by my children (one riding inside), and the crush of bikes in the back of a van. Peer in and there’s a stiff divider to keep two wheels apart, with reinforced-plastic hub protection to stop them denting each other. Evoc has also built in a pocket that’ll take your axles if you like, but it’s largely superfluous as really you want to keep those on the bike and in the fork or rear dropouts. The sidewalls get a substantial layer of foam, sandwiched between a tough outer membrane and a ripstop material inside. Then there’s more reinforcement courtesy of hard plastic shells either side to protect the edges of your hubs. Two big carry handles complete the bag.

A good level of waterproofing protects your car from the wet and muck inside. I’ve never washed the Two Wheel Bag – Evoc says you can hand wash it – but periodically I turn it upside down and bash out the mud-turned-dust inside. Evoc says the bag was designed for two rims, but it’s big enough to take two 29in wheels with 2.5in tyres as well, even including the rotors and a 12-speed cassette. You could go bigger still by removing the wheel furniture.

So after six months’ misuse, it’s muddy and the outer shell is scraped up, but otherwise in great shape. I can only think of one improvement, an abrasion-resistant base to prevent drag marks. Evoc’s Two Wheel Bag is the roomiest I’ve seen, and offers great protection, but that does come at a hefty price.