They'll last you decades. SJS is a great company. Good products. Good service. BUT, unless you're willing to pay the shipping you have to keep yourself to small sized purchases. Shipping prices increase exponentially with box size.
Craig in Tucson On Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 8:28:45 PM UTC-7, John Bokman wrote: > > Craig, thanks for the head’s up on the sale at SJS. While the Kendal looks > nice and would probably fit my bill, if I’m going for Carradice, I can’t > seem to escape the Super C lore…I deem the front bags to be too narrow at > the bottom for my belongings, unfortunately. Otherwise I’d choose those and > plan to taking two per day. > > With the Super C large, I would take one per day, unless on a shopping > expedition, in which case I’d take two. (For touring, of course I’d want > two). > > I would not plan on filling the pannier, so the massive volume would not > be too much an issue. I hate fighting to get stuff into my bags. I much > prefer a larger bag in which I can drop items and be done with it. The > outside pockets in particular would be advantageous for me, because I > would simply drop stuff in and not have to wrangle to remove it: > Calculator, stuff sack with expo pens, flash drive, pens, etc.; phone and > wallet in Old Skool Rivendell danish cotton wallet; keys….Large compartment > would more than easily accommodate notebooks, books, bread, wine bottle, > etc. > > More and more I’m thinking Super C large rear bags... > > On Mar 3, 2019, at 12:02 PM, Craig Montgomery <cmontgo...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > They're huge Jon. You might be better off with the Kendalls. On sale now > at SJS for a hundred bucks. 32 litres. > > https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/luggage/0-carradice-kendal-panniers-green-with-honey-straps-32-litre/?geoc=US > > On the other hand, don't know what those people were talking about when > they said stuff flew out of the rear pockets of the Super C's. They must > have been riding upside down. The pockets are huge. I could stuff my mom's > shitzu into one (gladly). They are not strapped but clipped. The adjustment > is minimal but they're made for touring. You're supposed to stuff 'em. A > liter bottle each is one option. Take a look at how I do it. The left is > stove kit (2 pots, rocket stove, cleaning cloth) and a butane canister. The > right is kitchen box (utensils, knife, pot holder, lighters, sundries, > etc.) and a couple days worth of dinners. All that just in the rear > pockets! > > Craig in Tucson > > On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 8:20 PM john Bokman <jpbc...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Craig, those are gorgeous bags, and you make a strong case for them. I >> only wish there were a size between the small fronts (28 liters) and the >> enormous rears (54 liters!). >> >> I am usually of a “go bigger, why not?” mindset. But these are really >> large. >> Choices, choices….arrgh! Big or small? >> >> Question: Looking at reviews, it appears that there is universal >> agreement that the outside pocket of the large panniers is prone to >> spilling its contents because the strap does not snug enough. Do you find >> this to be the case? Or could one simply punch another hole in the strap? >> >> I would need this outside pocket for sundries in my day to day. I need >> some kind of pocket (zippered or otherwise) in my day-to-day pannier. >> Something in which to stash wallet, keys, phone, etc. >> >> >> >> On Mar 1, 2019, at 10:46 PM, Craig Montgomery <cmontg...@cox.net >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> These are the guys I'm sure. Tough as nails. Super C rears are huge. >> You'll master the hook thingie up top pretty quickly. You have to position >> the bottom (slideable) hook for the specific struts of your rack. I use >> Nitto Big Racks front and rear. Then what I do is wrap some cotton >> handlebar tape around the strut where the hook touches it. Duct tape would >> work too. That makes the fit a bit more positive, and quieter (if you ride >> unladen they can rattle at the hook). That cushion also helps to reduce >> stress on the slider hook. Another neat thing about the Super C rears is >> that the tops lay even with your rack. That way you can pile stuff (in my >> case sleeping bag, pad, tent, AND a camp chair-indulge me, I'm an old man) >> on top of your rack. The old Super C's puffed up when you filled them to >> capacity. Of course, don't forget the coolness factor. >> >> [image: Super C Configuration.jpg] >> Craig in Tucson >> >> On Friday, March 1, 2019 at 11:28:22 AM UTC-7, John Bokman wrote: >>> >>> Does anyone have the "new" Super C's with the cam-style hooks and lower >>> securing clip? >>> I'm curious if the "new" mounting system is: >>> 1. As secure as a standard good ol' hooks and bungee system, and >>> 2. 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