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Great photo, great bike

I've had good success with 2" kojaks and compass rat trap pass (54mm?) under 60 mm GBs.
I've had a few punctures with both from metal shards, but that was all in town. On gravel they have been great.

Any pointers on that saddlebag/seatpack?

Afraid not. Will let you know if I find out, seemed like a cool guy.

@si_mon628, thanks!

Paging @edscoble
I'm interseted in this:

In what ways is it better than carradice? I'm in the market for something similar.
Cheers

In what ways is it better than carradice?

Its not, ed likes to drink the kool aid, get a nelson long flap

I mean if an artisanal bagmaker has 0% finance as a way to pay for the bags, its a warning sign

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In what ways is it better than carradice? I'm in the market for something similar.

The fitting, there's a lots of molle webbing which mean I am not restricted to the two holes and wooden pole that Carradice use, it allow a greater degree of flexibility especially those without a Brooks saddle, and I can strap it in specific area with the Bagman rack.

The design, it's between the traditional Carradice saddle bag and the bikepacking kind, instead of it being wide, this one is much deeper, and can be extended much like a bikepacking saddlebag with a roll top design and the flap extended if needed.

The weight, it's much lighter than the heavier duty Carradice, which going to be a big advantage in touring, even with the hardshell to keep it's shape.

The sizes is closer to the Camper Longflap than the Nelson Longflap due to the extended roll top.

Basically, I like it because it has the extra that I can't get from a Carradice, the biggest disadvantage is the cost.

Nice and simple.

Nice and simple.

But also ... not

You'll get there.

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Ha. Yeah.

Thanks ed. it certainly is a nice looking bag.
If it fits your specific needs then the extra money is worth it.

The weight, it's much lighter than the heavier duty Carradice

Fair enough if it works for you but the weights in the respective websites suggest there's about 100g on it.

I do like the look of the bag though. It's a shame carradice don't have some kind of custom skunkworks division where they could experiment with things like this more readily.

Looks a lot like the Carradry bag, but lighter

and a little less ugly

only a little

true

Would putting one of these on a Brompton be a terrible idea?

Oh yes, love it.

Fair enough if it works for you but the weights in the respective websites suggest there's about 100g on it.

I compare it to the Carradice Camper Longflap which is over 980g and a couple litres bigger.

I apologise. The weights in the respective websites suggest there's over 140g in it.

Spotted earlier; not many Pompinos with a Rolhoff.

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so good.