> There are a number of small operations around the country sewing handmade > messenger bags and > cycling caps that seem to do good business in that niche, so I wonder why > very few have turned to traditional bicycle luggage.
At least one small US vendor is now making panniers: http://lemolobags.wordpress.com/ I am somewhat tempted, although my Ortliebs work fine. I like supporting these cottage industries, and the bags have more of a 'real' feel to them than the functional but bland Ortlieb panniers. Lemolo makes some other good products. I suspect these panniers are the real deal. On Jan 4, 10:25 pm, scott <clankbonesh...@gmail.com> wrote: > That is a bummer as there aren't really any canvas panniers on the > market right now. The Berthouds are too expensive for me. The > Carradice panniers are available in England, but I'm not totally > excited by the Super C bags. Ostrich looks nice, but availability? > Minnihaha panniers look like they might not hold up on a tour or to > time for that matter. Frost River is gone. What else is there? Acorn > mentioned something on the horizon. Velo Orange plans on something. > But the market is pretty dead right now. There are a number of small > operations around the country sewing handmade messenger bags and > cycling caps that seem to do good business in that niche, so I wonder > why very few have turned to traditional bicycle luggage. Acorn has to > stop taking orders in under two days now the orders come so briskly, > and they manage to keep their prices very low and quality very high, > in my opinion, so I guess the whole point to my little pannier rant is > I hope some other options present themselves. Oh, and by the way, is > it obvious that I am in the market for a new set of panniers right > now? > On Jan 4, 8:58 pm, Weird Harold <alanpcr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > I was at Rivendell yesterday and casually asked if they planned to > > offer panniers. The answer was "probably not anytime soon." > > > On Jan 2, 1:32 pm, "Gino Zahnd" <ginoza...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Jim is correct - those are old(er) Berthoud bags, and that image has > > > been around for quite a long time (in internet years). > > > > Happy New Year! > > > > Gino > > > > On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Frankwurst <fbr...@jwperry.com> wrote: > > > > > I hope your right and the are Nigels. Nothing against Berthouds but I > > > > still think Nigels are the cats meow. > > > > > On Jan 2, 10:52 am, "Bill Connell" <bconn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 10:51 AM, William Henderson > > > > >> <william.c.hender...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > >> >http://asset3.rivbike.com/images/static/home_splash/5.jpg?1182737528 > > > > >> > Perhaps the new Riv-made panniers I've heard rumblings about? > > > > >> They look like Berthoud to me. Could be prototypes though, in the > > > >> Nigel style. > > > > >> -- > > > >> Bill Connell > > > >> St. Paul, MN- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---