Thanks Clayton and Soren... yeah the large ones are indeed hard to find. Varusteleka has some nice medium-sized surplus bags, which should make for nicely-sized overnighters, or possibly front panniers. These remind me of the Carradice C bags.
BB On Friday, March 27, 2015 at 10:02:03 AM UTC-4, Clayton wrote: > > Bobby, > I found the bags in a Army Surplus store here in Oregon. They no longer > carry them unfortunately. > > On Thursday, March 26, 2015 at 8:17:17 AM UTC-7, Soren Hansen wrote: >> >> BobbyB, thank you for the kind words, >> I bought my "BW mountain troops rucksack" in used condition from a Store >> in Finland (Varusteleka.com), a miltary surplus store. >> That makes me the happy second owner, next after Heinz,Jürgen, Udo and >> Karl, who at some point probably carried these rucksacks on their backs, (I >> personally prefer to carry them on the bike..), no doubt these bags can >> take a beating ! Once again thanks to Clayton for his very informative >> instruction to convert these ! >> I believe that Clayton back in the day found some in new condition from >> Cabelas ? >> the front shifter on the downtube... ; >> I spend most of my time in the middle ring (36t) of my triple crank with >> an 8 speed 11-32t on the back. >> it gives a little more space for my handlebar bag (an old Swedish Gasmask >> bag dated 1942) >> I had an almost empty bottle of Whisky (Balvenie 21 year old Portwood >> with the most beautiful wooden cork I thought would look nice on the >> barend)..it does ! >> The only thing is, I still can not afford a Rivendell. >> Best regards >> >> >> On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 2:38:59 PM UTC+1, Montclair BobbyB wrote: >>> >>> Soren: Nice build, cool panniers, nice mod... Where did you find the >>> bags to make the panniers? >>> >>> I saw the Camargue up close at the Philly Bike Expo... just a >>> solid-looking workhorse-of-a-bike... very impressed. >>> Curious why you left the front shifter on the down-tube? >>> >>> Great job, BB >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, March 14, 2015 at 12:01:19 PM UTC-4, Soren Hansen wrote: >>>> >>>> .... and here is a picture of a couple of my bags mounted on my current >>>> touring bike; Velo Orange Camargue 62 cm. >>>> best regards >>>> Soren in Denmark >>>> >>>> On Thursday, March 12, 2015 at 3:06:26 AM UTC+1, Deacon Patrick wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> With abandon, >>>>> Patrick >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at 7:47:53 PM UTC-6, Clayton wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Here is the link to the Shultzi bags. I am still using them on a >>>>>> almost on a weekly basis for really heavy loads, groceries, which >>>>>> sometimes >>>>>> hit 80 lbs. I mounted the newest Arkel top rail mounting system >>>>>> recently, >>>>>> and use the Orlieb lower hook. The best of both systems. >>>>>> >>>>>> Have fun! >>>>>> >>>>>> Clayton (Bend) >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://veloapocalypse.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/dumpsterlovepanniers.pdf >>>>>> >>>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
