Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000252 EndHTML:0000004758 StartFragment:0000002628 EndFragment:0000004722 SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/grant/Dropbox/There%20are%20many%20less%20expensive%20and%20excellent%20alternatives%20to%20Sackville%20bags.doc
There are many less expensive and excellent alternatives to Sackville bags. Whether they’re a better value depends on lots of things. Our fabric comes from a small company in Scotland, and there is no better fabric, nor anyting more expensive. It is tighter, drier (not as waxy, stays good looking longer) and more waterproof than any other waxed cotton I’ve seen except Carradice. Carradice, I am sure, sources its fabric from the same place. I have good reason to believe this/ It’s not distributed in this country, so we import it to Connecticut at great cost: About $1200 in freight per shipment, on top of its high cost per meter. The leather and hardware are the best. The labor is Connecticutt, and the quality of the bags—the design, the consistency, the stitching, down to the heat-sealed thread—is as good and as expensive as it can be. We have never, ever asked our bag maker for a lower price. My enthusiasm for our bags should not be taken as a knock on anybody else’s bags. Sackville bags are never knockoffs of anybody else’s bags. Never direct, never intentional. They can’t be totally novel designs, but there are refinements that reflect a lot of experience with a lot of other bags. We had some black Sackvilles early on, but I figure Carradice owns that color, so no more. The regular search for “Riv-ish” this or that is understandable, and although I kind of wish people would just pony up and support us and get the real thing, I also understand that we’re out of reach for some, and the fact that “Riv-ish” even exists as a word-ish thing is a complement….so, thanks On Sunday, October 28, 2012 4:44:48 AM UTC-7, Fullylugged wrote: > > http://www.frostriver.com/bike_bags/sawbill_trail.html > http://duluthpack.com/outdoor-gear/biking/candy-bar-bag-bike-bag.html > > http://store.velo-orange.com/index.php/accessories/bags-panniers/vo-baguette-saddle-or-handlebar-bag.html > > > > On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 1:11 AM, lungimsam <john1...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Any more affordable makers of those plaid style bags rivbikes carries? >> Someone else has got to be making these type of bags besides just >> Carradice, sackville, and Brooks. >> I am looking for a handlebar bag in the style seen on Rivbike.com. >> >> But something way more affordable. >> Like 50 bucks or less. >> Thanks for any tips. >> Would love to explore offerings from makers that aren't so costly. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/yT3mq5iGMQYJ. >> To post to this group, send email to >> rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/7rZ4FTSViyMJ. 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.
