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Depending on your bike, you could bodge a decaleur mount for a rando bag onto the Carradice using the existing straps, and simply have that slot into the stem mounted section?
If you don’t need utmost speed, pedal straps are quicker than the leather straps provided and just strap it to the bars or an extension if you need the handlebar space.
Sjs/Thorn sell an accessory bar that takes the place is a spacer that you could mount under the bars and just slide the straps off the ends when needed, especially if it’s resting on a rack
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All good ideas, though that thorn accessory bar is a bit of an eyesore and probably lacks adjustability.
I definitely want utmost speed because each extra step that I have to do when locking up my bike tends to grind my gears easily.
I was hoping there was an easy solution I might have missed to mount a bagman on the front, as I was hoping to switch the Carradice between two bikes (and it would be mounted on the back of the other one). But if I end up mounting it on the front, I will probably buy 2, and put some Ortlieb hooks on one, and build a makeshift decaleur like so.@Föhn : thanks, but I'm not looking for a platform, as I'll probably be using a Nitto M18. It was the QR part of the Bagman I was interested in mounting to the front of the bike.
@Nick_S : Thanks, but let me be perfectly honest here : this is 70% about fashion, and I hate Klickfix bags in that regard, with the Ortlieb Ultimate being the worst offender. The remaining 30% is about functionality, and once again these don't cut it, they're too boxy and rigid and will be a pain to carry on a shoulder strap (I hated my rando bag in that regard). That's why I was gravitating towards Carradice-style saddlebags :)
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How awkward are Audax/Nelson saddlebags to carry around with a strap? Looking for something I could easily bring with me for long walks inside the shops/museums (etc.), as I find my Vaude Aquaback too impractical for that.
Also, is there a legitimate or bodgy way to mount them on the front of the bike, resting on a rando rack but still having some sort of QR similar to the Bagman's?
I've seen the hacks involving Ortlieb hooks and a strut attached to the handlebars via some clamps, but said clamps always seem hard to find.
(First post on this forum btw, didn't find an "Introduce yourself" topic, hope that's cool.)