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I'd just like to put up my own little testimonial after borrowing an archies that scott himself very kindly lent me for a couple of weeks.
In this time it carried a full week's worth of clothing (which for a fairly metro person is saying something), got rained on mentally and kept it all dry, held a load of camera gear really comfortably, and folded down enough to be usable for a night to the pub.
I found the way it fit was pretty perfect, although for a short arse like me, some of the straps could have been a bit shorter to keep the load higher up more easily. When heavily loaded, there was a minimum of fuss, the weight was in the right place for there to be no real swinging issues-the cross strap system worked perfectly (although, I have never used another bag, I can't imagine much improvement to be had.) It worked well enough for the descent of cheddar gorge, fully loaded, fixed, in the dark, effectively brakeless-if you've ever seen my bike you'll know what that means, that was totally fine, even with the big load. There was honestly not much that I would have moaned about. Obv, sweaty back in the sun, but there's not much to be done for that is there?
Cheers scott :) I'm going to see if I can get the cash for an order soon.