Hi, Patrick. Glad you're liking the bag! I bought a Small, with trepidation, because I knew I could sometimes use the extra volume of a larger bag, but I have a cantilever setup that would require a Nitto gadget for it. Anyway, the Small is great and has a "just right" look behind my saddle...I just can't "go shopping" with it. I had a plastics place make a flat insert for the bottom when the coroplast started sagging....but your aluminum idea sounds like a better option. The plastic piece is a bit heavier than necessary.
The ends of the wooden dowel do make an impression on the leather strip just below the saddle, but I'm sure they've thought the design through nine ways to Sunday. Joe On Oct 24, 8:58 pm, PATRICK MOORE <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > For me, the Sackville is better news than my indeed excellent > home-brew mounting bracket. Just did a couple of grocery and PO runs: > smaller loads, nothing much over 10 lb, but: what a NICE bag! I don't > mean the hoity toity quality: Carradice quality would suit me fine; > but the design is the best I've seen for getting max vol with max > clearance. > > Again, I like the look of the old fashioned Carradice bags better, but > man, this just works! The side pockets hold (right) all my repair kit > that fills most of a Banana Bag; the left holds all my light kit (Sam > Browne, extra batteries, extra rear blinkie, backup PB Blaze > headlight; ankle strap) plus overflow musette, all of which, again, > takes up most of a Banana. The snap-on pouch carries my 16 oz cluster > of keys with room to spare. > > I may have to put the stiffener back in; or I may just rivet in a > stiff strut of aluminum stock to keep the bag from sagging onto the > tire with heavy load. Must experiment more, first, before doing > either. > > Wonderful bag! I bet, too, my Riv could accomodate the Large, but > really, the Med is just right -- I have the Fargo with front and rear > panniers for really large loads, anyway. > > 21 miles just now picking up Mom's accumulated junk mail and a few groceries. > > A NICE bag! > > -- > Vote early, vote often, vote Rhinoceros!http://tinyurl.com/d7muj2t > > ------------------------- > Patrick Moore, Albuquerque, NM, USA > For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, > ACRWhttp://resumespecialties.com/index.html > ------------------------- -- 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.
