The Carradice Super Cs do look really nice. A little proletarian, but purpose-built. Are the weights on the Carradice site accurate? Because if they are, they are about half the weight of Ortliebs (Super C: 1150g for 54L, Ortlieb Backroller: ~2180g for 50L). I always thought cotton duck, though nice, was heavy. Guess I was wrong? Or are they listing weight per pannier? But then Carradice's Ortlieb knock-offs are also more than double the weight...
Thanks, Gernot On Mar 13, 2:07 pm, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Has anyone tried the new Brooks Land's End panniers? Look like roll- > top Ortliebs, but made from a matte, greyish-brown waterproof > synthetic with a subtle plaid weave. Look appealing, but double the > price of the Ortliebs ($170 PER pannier). My assessment is that > everything Brooks makes except for their steel-railed saddles is way > overpriced. Too bad. The saddles OTOH are a bargain. > > Gernot > > On Mar 10, 3:10 am, Toshi Takeuchi <tto...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Patrick, > > > The Carradice Super C hooks are super nice. They start wide and then > > you engage the hook until it locks into the rack. It handles many > > widths of racks including my wider Old Man Mountain? rack and skinnier > > blackburn rack. The Ortlieb comes with different adapters that allow > > you to use it with different racks, so it's not as useful in that > > regard because you would have to change out the adapters to use with > > different racks (I don't know the maximum width). > > > Best, > > Toshi > > > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:47 AM, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Thanks, Toshi. If I remember the Carradice system from the --- senile > > > mental > > > fart: forget the -- aha! Kendalls! -- If I remember those properly the C > > > system was a bit less bulky than Ortlieb's; I had to grind the outer hook > > > covers down on my Packers and smaller front packers to clear the fatter > > > 1.35 > > > Kojak when fitting them to the very minimalist Chauncey Matthews rear > > > rack. > > > > I must check the Carradices if and when I next buy some. Meanwhile the > > > Ortliebs are very, very nice. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
