Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

PM coming, toying with the idea of using a saddle bag for winter commuting.

There are infintely cheaper options available on SJS - look for the KCNC versions

Or even a piece of trimmed steerer tube with a star nut, a bolt and a couple of spacers if you're really skint.

Anybody heard from Jon at Mack Workshop recently? I bought a bar bag from him 2 months ago and it has yet to materialise.

A little disappointed that DPD messed up my delivery today - No Surly for this weekend's overnighter.

The Ratbike stepped in to save the day!

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Yep same here. Hes been active on instagram but ignoring my emails...?

@beetletype25 @Turkish
It may be of help to co-ordinate amey

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/14365774/

Try contacting him via the form on his website. Replied within minutes to me after ignoring/missing my emails.

Of course amey will receive his in a week.

ha! I can nudge him if you want? Did you place order and email or just placed an order? In the past whenever I have placed an order I have always emailed as ALL of his stuff is made to order.

I placed an order and emailed with him a month and a half after i paid. He was quick at replying then, now nothing. Sort of just want my money back at this point which is a shame

I had a similar experience a few months back. Think he's ended out with more work than he can handle. I ended out getting in touch with him via instagram, but was a bit of hassle

I saw someone on here use a film canister, a bolt and a washer that looked good.

Does any have an clever way of mounting an exposure tracer rear light on seat stay?
Saddlebag takes up most of seatpost

previous page, and what boredom is discussing up there ^

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/14364396/

That's a great idea

I'm annoyed I can't find who it was now, they posted a picture and it looked really smart

This? https://www.lfgss.com/comments/14043110/

Yes! Thanks, was looking in the wrong threads

What does everyone use to protect frame against bag rub? It seems like it would take a lot of helicopter tape for a frame bag, I guess electrical tape should work but wondered if there was any other option...

You can bulk buy the stuff for a modest price.
Otherwise 4 rolls of electrical tape from the pound shop doing the job!

Ah that's a good link! Although won't save me for tomorrow so leccy tape it is for the short term...

I used old inner tubes to wrap my front triangle for a tour earlier this year. Ugly as hell but it worked.

This rack looks great for dropper + luggage. It's custom. You could design one in such a way that it takes a normal seatpack turned upside down, using the rack rails instead of saddle rails and lowest portion of seat tube/post

I wondered how light a rear rack could be made if the objective was not to carry panniers, but rather only lighter loads on top of the rack. Based on the minimum amount of tubing needed, we estimated it might be possible to actually end up with something lighter than a seat pack, and indeed this rack ended up at 320g [...] The angled top allows me to use the full 150mm dropper travel while carrying a large drybag.

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See Pletscher.