My wife and I went touring in Europe with a pair of Carradice Camper Longflap saddlebags (hers was a lowsaddle longflap) each with no support underneath. I cut plastic stiffeners to fit the inside of the bags to prevent them sagging overmuch, and that worked without any problems. We were using Carradice SQR mounts. Picture of the bikes here: http://www.users.on.net/~njpayne/bikestuff/Switzerland/altdorf.jpg
Nick On Saturday, 17 October 2015 10:33:24 UTC+11, Patrick Moore wrote: > > I will be using my new Dahon "Hon Solo" as my default shopper, and rather > than install racks that will complicate folding, I'd prefer to use a large > saddlebag hung from a Nitto Grip, quick removal. > > I don't want to use a support like the Bagman or the VO because I want to > be able to shove the seatpost down to achieve minimum size. > > Of course, I have about 3 feet of room over the rear fender, so no > saddlebag is too big. Thus, I could, conceivably, use a Large Saddlesack on > the bike. > > But will the weight that a Large can undoubtedly carry bust the bottom if > it is not supported by a rack? > > I've carried heavy loads (~ 30 lb max) in a Medium on another bike with no > problems and no intimation of problems, but the Large must accept 40 lb if > the M can accept 30. > > I suppose one could replace the corrugated plastic base with plywood? > > At any rate, I've seen one or two very good buys on used Saddlesacks, and > I'd like to grab if the L can be used solo (or "Solo"). > > The only changes on the bike since this early photo are (1) MKS 324s > instead of Urbans; and Nelson Longflap on Grip instead of Banzer Bag. > -- 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.
