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I've just had a cursory glance through this thread and no-one seems to have mentioned this, so it seems not as common a problem as I would imagine, but: I have a Brooks B15 (Swallow) and a Pendle; sometimes I load it up fairly heavily (locks, water etc.), but not usually, and obviously there's a limit to how heavy it could get, but, the straps attaching the saddlebag to the saddle are just getting torn to fuck; the straps are hanging from the corners of the attachment points on the saddle rather than the centre, and the uneven pressure is just ripping the straps to bits. Basically what seems to be the problem is the holes on the saddlebag where the straps go through are further apart than the ones on the saddle -- but they are supposed to be designed for each other and so you would expect them to be the same. Have I just got an odd saddle? Is this something that's a problem with the B15 but not other Brookses? Am I doing something else wrong? It's just this is a problem that I've never heard anyone else comment on with owning a Carradice -- I get the impression that people just attach them once and then 40 years later they're still going strong, but I've had to swap one strap already and another one is on its way out (and I don't have another spare to swap it for!)