I like the looks and quality of Acorn and have seen a few in the wild, but got really frustrated trying to buy one. They only make a certain quantity each month and the ordering window seems to fill up in minutes. I've used FR, Sackville and (in the olden days)Cannondale but think Sackville are the best by far for everyday biking. I have 3 Sackville Saddlebags, a trunkbag,two shopping bags.and a tool roll.
Marc On Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 11:16:01 AM UTC-4, Lee Legrand wrote: > > Does anyone have experience with the Acorn bags? > > On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Grant Petersen <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> At some point in the distant but forseeable future there will be a >> scramble for sackville bags, and it will be lead by those who already have >> a bag made with the highest quality materials and a flat-floored pouch that >> doesn't tilt the load, and has a stiff lower lip and a flap-tongue that >> contains the stuff inside so securely that the straps are almost >> superfluous. "distant" is underterminable, but is not a ploy, and >> "forseeable" is in sharper focus. Debate and wait all you like--the bags >> are expensive, no doubt, but in 22 years of business, I've run into only >> four vendor-suppliers (out of a thousand?) whose quality standards were >> higher than our own, that never needed "guidance" or ramping up, and >> Waterbury Leather Works--who makes those bags for us in Connecticutt—is one >> of them. >> >> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 4:56 AM, Jeff Lesperance <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Apr 13, 2017 at 1:25 AM, drew <[email protected] <javascript:> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Is it possible that it's a quality control issue? I have a Nelson with >>>> cardboard feeling, brittle, cracky leather and a camper with much thicker, >>>> quality feeling leather. Both purchased in the same year. >>>> >>>> >>> I have a Camper (longflap) that I bought in the last two years - I >>> suppose it could have been NOS, that has the green canvas and honey leather >>> straps, and the straps are thick and robust. I've had two second-hand >>> Carradice bags over the past five years, one a Nelson, and one a Camper - >>> both were the black fabric with white leather straps IIRC, and the leather >>> on both was thin and appeared to scuff and stretch when pulled tight in the >>> buckles - I'd not have trusted them to last over years of regular usage. I >>> ended up selling those bags, not because of the straps, but they were a >>> concern at the time. >>> >>> -Jeff >>> Silver Spring, MD >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/GczVsnIJxpI/unsubscribe >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> <javascript:>. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
