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https://www.instagram.com/p/CEW_gXklh78/ seems pretty funky
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I have been considering a nitto R14 and a Hobopieces, as my big carradice doesn't actually fit the bagman QR expedition - the vertical distance between QR and bottom of the rack is smaller than the distance between the dowel and the bottom of the bag. I think the rack sizing is based on saddle loops + bagman standard support.
In my case I think it would actually be cheaper and nicer to get a bag made that fits as I'm happy enough the the QR system, and have ideas about a better saddlebag (for me)
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@M_V
Anyone doing anything funky with their Carradice in terms of a rack or anything?
I'm running a Classic Rack at the moment but I have two issues,
1) The prongs that slip into the saddle loops are getting bent so that they are becoming a looser fit around the rack, I imagine they will eventually give way.
2)I'm always worried that I break the cantle plate on my Cambium saddles. I have previously broken a black plastic one so don't use them anymore but I have Cambiums with metal cantle plates on a couple of my bikes.
Other than these issues I like the Classic, its stable, its really quick to fit and remove, it leaves the bike 'clean' when it's not fitted.
The SQR rack was good, especially my modded version, but the block takes up so much real estate on your seatpost that it becomes impossible to put your bike in a workstand.
I wonder if I should just go to something like a Bagman QR but I've heard the support loop can work it's way out of the clamp block quite easily so maybe just the Bagman clip thing and build a rack to support the weight of the bag. Something like this,
I do like how the Classic rack hooks into the bag loops so maybe I could make something or cut down a Classic rack but I dunno if this would work so well if the weight of the bag was supported by other means, I kind of feel like they need a good bit of weight on them to keep them in place.