I've been using a Platrack/SlickerSack combo since March of this year and I
almost love it. There's only one teeny problem and it's with the SlickerSack
not the rack.
I'd really like to see slight longer straps for holding the bag to the rack
and the use of double snaps.
Instead of straps with just one snap like this:
-------------------\
0 |
-------------------/
I'd like two:
------------------------\
0 0 |
------------------------/
I think a little extra length and the two snaps would help things be a wee
bit more secure.
The reason is that any shifting of contents seems to unsnap at least one of
the straps, sometimes all of them. Then my SS is only held on by the loop of
leather on the bag's back around the "up loop" of my mini-front rack.
My solution is to use a basket net to make sure I'm holding everything in
place. That's actually pretty useful anyway as I can then stick stuff under
the net but on top of the SS which I end up doing all the time.
It's not a deal breaker and may have to do with the fact that I routinely
carry way too much stuff. Earlier this year I was camping out in order to
participate in a metric century on the other side of the island (Oahu), so I
ended riding the m.century with the bag stuffed with the stuff I didn't want
taken from my campsite (camera and a few other things). More than one person
asked why I was riding a long distance with "so much stuff." To be honest, I
really didn't notice it...I commute like that daily.
I should mention that in the time I've used this combo I've never had the SS
fly off or anything like that, but it does start sliding around a little
once the straps start coming loose.
Aloha!
On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 5:15 AM, David Sprunger <sprun...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Bill,
> Now that it's been a year with your Platrack and Slicker Sack, do you
> have any longitudinal experiences to report? (I'm planning to
> reconfigure one of my bikes for more front loads.)
> Thanks,
> David Sprunger
> Fargo, ND
>
>
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