Thorn Cycles Forum
Technical => Luggage => Topic started by: sd on May 28, 2014, 11:42:48 am
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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Carradice-CarraDry-Rear-Panniers-Pair-Factory-Second-/181422692056?pt=UK_SportGoods_CyclAcces_RL&hash=item2a3da296d8
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Thats a shame: the nylon drawstring inner is missing in both panniers. Renders them less useful for touring.
I have a Carradice camper longflap ( complete with drawstring inner ) and its great save for the small outer pockets not being as sand/dirt proof as I'd like. Its a fabulous looking bit of kit too. Now all I need to do is figure out how to attach it to a sprung Brooks saddle. I have my own solution perculating away in the grey matter.
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Thats a shame: the nylon drawstring inner is missing in both panniers. Renders them less useful for touring.
Use a safety pin, or some other long narrow object (fishing sinker?) fastened to the cord to feed it through the channel, holding it and edging it through. Voila! Functioning panniers.
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For the Camper Longflap on a sprung saddle, would the Carradice Classic Saddlebag Rack work?
http://www.carradice.co.uk/index.php?page_id=product&under=range&product_id=136 (http://www.carradice.co.uk/index.php?page_id=product&under=range&product_id=136)
With the retaining strap passing between the springs and round the seatpost, it looks like it would.
I use one (mainly on a Brompton, for the very quick on/off) and find it very stable.
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Thanks Lemming but as I read it the Carradice Classic Saddlebag Rack needs the saddle bag loops as on the B17 to work. My Brooks Conquest doesn't have those loops. Onwards!