Sigh, indeed. That is no doubt the root of my weakness for the green.
It represents an S24O, even when I use it to commute. I take comfort
in it, e'en as it mocks me.
And you know, I hadn't even noticed that about the grid grey's black
nylon thing. I assume on the green ones that that's green nylon. And
agree that it should be leather in both cases. Perhaps it was a
structural issue; nylon can be pretty tough stuff.
Another improvement, in my view, would be to do away with the nylon
altogether and replace most of it with cotton webbing and the rest
with leather. However, I believe a Gen-u-Wine Author-i-Tee once posted
to this group that it is really hard to "source" good cotton webbing.
I believe it. And no doubt it would add significantly to a high-enough-
already price tag. But I've got an Ostrich pannier ("The Big
Bicycling"!); their cotton webbing is nigh perfect. Would 't'were on a
SaddleSack!
At least pricing is completely and legitimately incremental; you can
in fact use each of the stages of purchase quite well before (even
without!) getting the whole SlickerSack package. That PlatRack is
really nice. And certainly the Mini and the Mark's are outright
classics on their own.
Yours,
Thomas Lynn Skean
On Oct 6, 6:00 pm, Allan in Portland <allan_f...@aracnet.com> wrote:
> Well, I like them, but I don't lust them.
>
> The green would just remind me of all the S24O's trips I'm not taking.
> <sigh> Sad, but true.
> The grey grid looks sharp, except the black nylon webbing pieces
> should have been leather, and it looks too big for mostly commuting
> with.
> Cost makes me blink as well... it's a $350 package. Worth every penny,
> no doubt. But still.
>
> I reckon this more opinion than information. Sorry.
> -Allan
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