Well I didn't have any meetings today so I just packed the minimal change of clothes that I could fit in the brainbag (shorts, and sportshirt) and went without the underseat panniers on my Strada.  The result was a nice 2mph+ increase in speed even with a headwind.  Wow what a difference. SO I know I've chuckled at the AeroTrunks a couple of you guys have, but I'm curious now if it'd work on a Bacchetta Euromesh, and how much can you really put in there without any struts supporting that honker.
 
Thanks for advice,
Nelson.

http://synthetictransport.com/trip.html has some pictures of the Coroplast panniers we built for our trips. One shows large panniers for a EM seat and the other is for the carbon seat but would work with a few mods for a laid-back EM seat also.
 
Several people have asked that I post something regarding these and I've been very lazy and still am. I don't really want to create a big page explaining how we made them as there are dozens of ways to to do this sort of thing. You basically get some sign material, hack it up and zip-tie the pieces together. You can use hot-melt glue to fill in the flutes (so they don't get full of crud in the rain). You can use other ways of putting them together. You can get really fancy and heat-curve the edges and go to pains to conceal the zip-ties. The harder part is convincing yourself to just start playing with the stuff. It's dirt cheap. Just takes a little spare time and space in front of the tv to work on them when there's nothing good to watch.
 
The panniers for the Corsa were so aerodynamic and rode so well I would very often forget they were there, until I hit a 15+% grade hill or such. Maybe a 1mph speed penalty sometimes, but then I hit my high speed of 40mph flat ground twice with a tailwind when I was using these panniers.
 

Thanks for reminding me of that problem with my Aeropod. It's made to fit a couple different seat sizes by having two different pockets that wrap around the seat. The narrow one that fits my carbon seat allowed the aeropod to sag even further at the sides which made it almost impossible to use safely so I had to make a coroplast pocket stuffer that fit in the larger pocket and reinforced the sides of the unit in order to keep it off the rear tire, but it still allowed the use of the headrest port. I just use the larger pocket for the seat as the smaller pocket it was intended for was pretty much useless. The headrest port stitches gave out after the first trip so I had to completely resew that area also.  But that same area on the Bacchetta BrainBox came unstitched also and I had to resew that so the moral of the story might be that pretty much anything you buy will likely need repairs and modifications, not terribly unlike something you might build. I've used the Aeropod with mods for over 8k miles now so had forgotten what I went through when I first got it. The main annoying problem I have with it is the zippers. The bungee cord tabs sewn into the lid *always* get in the way of the zippers.
 
The rack is a good idea. We used the Bacchetta rack with the mounts essentially upside down to raise the rack up high enough to support the panniers and brainbox for the Agio with EM seat. The lower rack struts clamp to the seat stays and the top rack mounts bolt to the top seat stay at the EM seat stay mounts. You can somewhat see it in the pics in the above url. When we rode to the Bacchetta factory, Mike did a doubletake of that one then gave me a little grin.

My new to me Aerotrunk arrived this evening, and I'm a little less than thrilled with the mounting on a Euromesh seat.  Lets just say even with the adapter its a no go right now.  I saw on the Bacchetta Forum where someone made a pocket out of the top sleeve tie down to fit the seat snugly and reported much better results, so will be trying that eventually when I get around to that project, but if you have if a normal wide back mesh seat and are hankering to try out an Aerotrunk pretty cheap let me know!
 
Take Care,
Nelson.
 

that's a lot of money to pay for a bag that should be stiff enough to be solid.  Especially at the weight of the bag.

Quote from Kwijybow on Sep 15^th, 2009, 7:28am:

 
That would look very nice on my Stratus XP.
 
Just sayin...

I know Ray likes his Aeropod, I think they are made to work better with the Euromesh, and if I wasn't looking for something for commuting I'd be pretty happy with a brain bag, or aeropod.  But the AeroTrunk is definitely intended for a wide back mesh seat, and the adapter is just too flimsy in my opinion.  It seems pretty well put together though.  You must be looking for something bigger than the Bentup bag, because that seems really sweet for a smaller bag.  Kent definitely seems to had some issues with his Aeropod though.
 
I'm actually focusing my efforts on another machine right now, so the Strada will have to wait until later.  
 
Take Care,
Nelson.

Brainbox sized rear bags have always slid right by and have remained classified as unfaired.  I don't know if anybody tried running and Aerotrunk sized bag, but that might prompt some unwanted attention.  I certainly plan to run my brainbag on my Corsa, or Strada if I have to go to my backup bike'.  I don't believe any fairings have been run in the last few years either.  I think way back when somebody entered a F-40, and I believe their results are actually classified as recumbent, not HPV.  So good question, I think unless somebody protests all the funny bikes are recumbents!
 
looks like the 2004 24HR for the F-40 with a 220 mile result listed as recumbent
 
http://www.tt24tt.com/Pictures/2004/images/phpslideshow.php?directory=.&curr entPic=97
 
Take Care,
Nelson.