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mattioats
Cambium + Carradice Classic rack = No Dice.
Bag and rack total weight was 3.5kg so hardly overloaded.
Luckily this happened as I rolled my bike off the +/- 2" step outside my flat not while I was riding.
The way they snapped makes me beleive that had I had the bag strapped directly to them they may still have failed at some point during my ride today so I'm very glad the rack maybe accelerated the failure.
I bought this as an 'All Weather' saddle but I think they all have this fibreglass cantle plate now and only special edition models have the metal ones.
I fitted my older C17 with the metal plate and did the ride I had planned with the bag on the rack and it was fine.