Do you have trouble with the leather strap on the Slickersack that slides down onto the upright part of the Mark's Rack contacting the hanger for the straddle wire on your front brake? If so, any ideas for a solution?
________________________________ From: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com [mailto:rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Robert F. Harrison Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 8:07 PM To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [RBW] Re: Sackville SlickerSack/Platrack Review On Sun, Feb 14, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net<mailto:thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net>> wrote: thanks for the info/review. Looks like a beautiful bag (on a beautiful bike, I might add). Thanks, it's a lot of fun to ride. In fact, right after I send this email I'm headed out for a Sunday afternoon spin. :-) The bag in your pictures appears to be a dark green SlickerSack with fasteners arranged like those of the grid grey version on the RBW web- site. Yes, you've called it. The strap placement seems to be that of the Grid Grey shown on the site. That is, you're bag's forward straps (for attaching to the Platrack) are on the side of the bag, not towards the front very much. Same for the D-rings. Also, I saw no snaps on yours; they're under the bag (when it's on the rack)? Is that true? Yes, there are attachment straps on the side and on the back, none on the front like the Dark Green shown on the Riv site. All four snap to matching fasteners on the bottom of the bag when it's on the rack. The D-rings are located like the Grid Grey version and not like the Dark Green as well. Perhaps the DG version shown on the site was an early version. It's hard to say. In any case, not having them in the front doesn't seem to be a problem. The large leather piece in back goes over the part of the Mini Front or Mark's Rack that sticks up and would keep the bag from sliding forward or backwards. In fact, my bag did not slip around at all on my ride yesterday with a small computer, a lock, and camera up front. I do not expect it ever will unless I forget to attach it properly. :-) You mentioned cloroplast; how is that arranged? Is it simply loose in the bottom? Completely encased? Velcro'd in (a la the SaddleSacks)? It is Velcro'd to the floor of the bag like the SaddleSack. As I said, I'll probably use a bit of foam I have down there to keep things from "drumming" against the Coroplast. Considering (probably too) carefully. Given you have to buy specific racks for this bag it is an investment so I'd be careful too. I gave it a lot of thought first. Now that I've gone camping once (before I got the Platrack and SlickerSack) I'd have to say it would have been easier with them than without. I had my Hennessy tied down on the just the Mini Front and it would have been a lot easier with a bit more real estate up there. Thanks again! I've put up another small Flickr set showing the straps and such. 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