On Feb 6, 2:50 pm, "Doug Peterson" <dougpn...@cox.net> wrote:
> I recall something probably in a RR a few years ago (maybe when Baggins came
> out?) that delivery of Carradice was spotty. I looked at Carradice on
> Wallingford yesterday & lots of stuff out of stock, and Peter White's
> inventory updates are months old. So Grant may have been trying to fill a
> demand.
I'd bet that the recession is causing low inventories. I believe that
*all*
merchants will have low inventories in the coming months. And given
the amount of Chinese imports in the US, and the number of factory
closures
in China, we may soon be unable to buy what we want in the coming
year. So,
if there's something that you've been thinking about buying, you'd
better get it
now before it is no longer available. (For example, RBW has said that
their
hemp twine supplier is closing down.)
(Been waiting 2+ months for my Cyo to arrive, at Peter White, from
Germany.)
I've been a little surprised that RBW has been introducing a lot more
items
in the last few months as compared to all of last year.
> OTH, I don't know how you'd ever figure out what to stock. I love all the
> options Carradice has but it must drive a retailer nuts.
>
> dougP
robert
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
>
> [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of pcooley
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 8:32 AM
> To: RBW Owners Bunch
> Subject: [RBW] Re: Sackville bags: how necessary, and for what uses?
>
> I just took a look at them. I still like the tubular shape of the
> Carradices. I bought the Hoss when it came out and found that it
> wouldn't ride on the top of my Nitto expedition rear rack. That
> little bar that sticks up on the front of the rack stuck right up
> through the bottom of the Hoss. With the camper longflap, I can just
> roatate the bag backward and rest it on the rack, with the seatpost
> strap going around that little upright bit that caused the problem
> with the Hoss. When I tried to rotate the Hoss back, it pointed up
> into the air. I finally sold the Hoss on Ebay.
>
> It looks like the Sackville bags may have the same problem.
>
> For now, it looks like I'm wedded to the Carradice Camper Longflap.
> It's become an old and comfortable companion. I can understand Grant
> wanting to have his own line of bags, but I don't understand why they
> ever dropped Carradice. They seem like great bags.
>
> Paul Cooley
> Santa Fe, NM
>
> On Feb 5, 8:38 am, b hamon <periwinkle...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Anyone out in Riv-land planning on buying one of these new bags?
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