Re: [RBW] Re: Carradice style saddlebag advice for 51cm Roadini?

2018-11-21 Thread Patrick Moore
The Carradice canvas is still pretty thick and stiff, at least those I've recently bought (though, warning, that of the Junior I just received is not as nice as that of the Nelson LF and Camper LF I got earlier this year or late last year. But still, using the Jr and the SQR, even a big lock won't

Re: [RBW] Re: Carradice style saddlebag advice for 51cm Roadini?

2018-11-18 Thread Patrick Moore
1 more: The SQR system plus the Junior saddlebag might be your ticket. On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 4:39 PM Patrick Moore wrote: > Sheesh. The Super C SQR Slim is rated at 16 litres; Saddlesack Med at 18.6 > unbulged, 23 bulged; Nelson LF 15 expanding to 18; Camper LF 24 -- they > don't compare

Re: [RBW] Re: Carradice style saddlebag advice for 51cm Roadini?

2018-11-18 Thread Patrick Moore
Sheesh. The Super C SQR Slim is rated at 16 litres; Saddlesack Med at 18.6 unbulged, 23 bulged; Nelson LF 15 expanding to 18; Camper LF 24 -- they don't compare folded to unfolded flap. Simply put and practically speaking, the Super C Slim carries as much as the Nelson LF. On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at

Re: [RBW] Re: Carradice style saddlebag advice for 51cm Roadini?

2018-11-07 Thread Patrick Moore
I wanted a QR transverse saddlebag for my Matthews, which has very tall, 29.6" tires (622 X 60). Even though the frame is the equivalent in road frame size-ology of a 58 to 60, even a Nelson dragged on the rear tire with any load. A Junior would work, but that is rather small. The solution was