Faster than expected the SJS Cycles tooth fairy dropped by and left a package. Oh it feels good - thought I suspect you all here know the feeling well.
I didn't "need" any of this - but what exactly does that have to do with it when speaking of the Male half of the species? Exactly. My wife raised the eyebrows a bit, but then gave up before asking "the" silly question of "why?"
I have found that I don't really get along with SaddleBags, compared to panniers. I have two and I tend not to like them - so I bought another ... just to make sure!
They do say "third time's a charm" right?
Perhaps with the mega large, 23 liter size of the Super C's will enlighten me as to why some love these so much. The 9 liter Audax was so small that I never bothered with just it and the straps of the Lowsaddle long flap are not to my taste - too fiddly compared to plastic buckles and also smaller than I find ideal.
And since it's more economical to order several items for shipping to the states, I got a few other bit's for bicycling fulfillment.
One of the things I really like is the cottage industry vibe that seems to be a deep part of several British companies. Both brooks and Carradice have a more "Human" feel to how they manufacture goods and how they do bussiness, compared to what I regard as a more impersonal, efficient, global scale, impersonality behind many bussinesses. It's a small thing, perhaps, but it is at the same time I value every ounce of it. The first thing of course I now do, whenever receiving anything from Carradice - is tear the box open and look inside at the tag. Someone made this bag, from start to finish and then signed it by hand. My latest was made by Sue. I don't know who she is but I hope she is having a great day, and maybe stopping by the pub on her way home from her day's work at Carradice and having a pint. That of course helps keep alive that very important industry. It's all inter- related in some cosmic way.
If I ever do get out to that far away island, I'd of course love to stop by SJS and Carradice both - and say thanks to all these people, who's Karma touch our lives.
Nazdraví and Cheers! Oh, it's a great feeling when the SJS tooth-fairy visits.
