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  • Couple of pics of my Surly Krampus frameset purchased March last year: certainly it isn't the livelier frame I have ridden but good enough for its intended use. First pic in current setup for winter one-day rides with riser bars, second pic full bike-packing mode with Jones Loops handlebar. So far happy with it and looking forward to do more trips next year.

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  • Nope. That's a Finna Landscape frame bag customised with some Surly patches. It fits very well, indeed, but quality is relatively poor; after less than one year the fabric is starting to rip at the top from pulling zipper with the bag slightly over-stuffed. Fortunately I purchased it quite cheap but would not recommend, even less at RRP.

    Looking now for a replacement. I haven't found so far any good quality, off the peg framebags with a close fit for the Krampus so most probably will go custom and order this model from Kasy Bags* with upper roll top closure.

    *Edit: Review of my experience with Kasybags after ordering a custom frame bag. Quality and craftmanship is fine but not happy with the results in terms of sizing. I provided the required measurements of the inside of the main triangle. These were the same measurements of my previous frame bag which has a great fit but rather poor quality. I expected the new frame bag to fit snuggly within the 1.5-2.5 cm margin of error they indicate for all custom items. Not at all. The seat-tube length was 5 cm shorter than measurement provided thus leaving a relatively big gap next to the bottom bracket which from my point of view is not acceptable for custom ordered bag. Their reply was that they substract 5 cm to the indicated seat-tube lenght to make sure the frame bag doesn't interfere with cranks and pedals. ???? So I have ended up with a 'custom' bag with in terms of sizing is very similar to other off-the-peg frame bags like Ortlieb which I had considered buying before but didn't do it as I wanted to maximise available space on the relatively small main triangle of the bike.

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