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Good to know, Luckily i have other options for attaching a saddlebag so I wont have to rely on the in built ones. I will be mainly commuting and the odd bit of gravel riding so the c17's wider profile might actually be more beneficial. If you see me selling one on here in the next few weeks assume it wasnt for me ;)
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Mine didn’t even last a single, 1-2” kerb drop with a Carradice on a classic rack on it. I’m glad it broke so quickly as having it break while riding and dump the bag into the wheel could have been pretty catastrophic.
At the time I searched for other examples of failure in the plastic back pieces and found some (not many) that had broken with the bag strapped directly to them.
A C15 will probably be closer in shape to those other saddles. Depends on your seating position/riding style though maybe. I find the C17 quite wide and best suited to more upright and/or sedately ridden bikes.