Carradice Saddlebags

Has anyone ever come across spares for these kind of buckles? Carradice said they'll fix it for £10 but I thought I'd check here before I send it away.

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Habedashery(?) shops should stock similar if not identical. For just a tenner though I'd ask carradice to do the repair.

Trouble it needs an exact match, or that top part needs to be unstitched and re-stitched. I can't find a match so far so may well just end up doing that.

Would like some matching panniers.

Well...

Ah, bit weeny for me. And lacking in funds anyway. Thanks tho!

Don't know why I didn't think of that before really...

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Fixed!

I'm confused, what actually broke there? was that grip bit just built into the other part of the buckle?

yeah, the second rung of the bottom half of the buckle, that locks onto the strap. Remembered I had some of those webbing locks in the cupboard, now I have adjustment back

I'm thinking of switching from panniers to a carradice saddle pack system for commuting and maybe some light touring.

I'm totally torn between a Nelson longflap with bagman or a super c sqr tour.

How does one choose between the two?

In terms of what I'll be carrying, mainly clothes, sometimes lunch, rarely shoes.

If you're commuting you probably want a bag with a quick release so it's easy to put on and off each day.

The SQR acts as a quick release whereas the bagman has to be bought separately and isn't cheap, nigh on £50 I think.

On the other hand, if you have a carbon seatpost there are questions over using the SQR with those.

Thanks for this, using an alu seatpost and leaning towards the super c tour or slim. The Nelson is much nicer looking but I've read that it's a bit more fiddly with the leather buckles etc.

I've got a Nelson with the SQR system and you are welcome to have a look for size, fiddly-ness..

You know where I live.

Talking of SQR, as anyone got a spare pair of the largers bands they don't need?

Cheers dude, actually managed to pick up a new carradry sqr bag off the outlet store on eBay. The carradry ones aren't the prettiest but couldn't turn it down for that price.

What are people using to re-proof their duck cotton? I think I just used bees wax before but it seemed to wear off pretty fast

https://www.carradice.co.uk/products/accessories/reproofing-wax-for-cotton-duck-40ml ?

I used the Carradice stuff last time I did mine; IIRC it's rebranded Millerain wax (literally; they've just put a Carradice sticker on the lid of the tin). Any wax proofer should work, mind - I've got some Barbour wax for my rain cape and will use that next time, as it's cheaper per ml in the big tin I got.

They are £3 on the Carradice website.

There are some cracking bargains on there sometimes. Good find!

Get a bar of Fjallraven Greenland wax. Works a treat

Just checked my Herringbone Barley, it's a Susan.

32 x Sue
14 x Priscilla
11 x Debby
10 x Janet
10 x Andrea
8 x Christine
7 x Emma
6 x Susan
4 x Kelly
4 x Margareta
1 x Debi
1 x Gill
1 x Vicky
1 x Sharon

I have a Super C Audax saddlebag with Bagman support for sale if anyone is interested.
I only used it twice and it's in mint condition. £50 for both.

That is a very good price, shame you didnt have this up a month or 2 ago!

Is it the oldstyle/sport bagman support,
or the more recent expedition/ quick release one?