Bikepacking - a viable alternative to racks & panniers

Does anyone want to buy one of the Polish saddle bags and split delivery charges???

£10 more get you this.

All out of stock Ed.

Are there any other options? Need relatively quick turn-around

I have a bike pack eu bag I've never used that I can sell for what I paid for it. Not back in London til the 21st though

Is it the large black one? How much did you pay?

Are there any other options? Need relatively quick turn-around

When / what do you need it for? You can borrow my BRP V1 if you want.

Is it the large black one? How much did you pay?

I'd have to check , but think it was 65 quid including postage. Yep it's the large.

Until the dual straps are ordered gonna tryout this as a commute carrier on my frankenbike. Doubt the d-lock will survive the journey without dropping out though?

What bag (and size) is this one? I couldn't find that info in the thread.

Alpkit drybag, forget name. Think that one is 8l.

Have been carrying mini-d as pictured, it's very stable. Only problem is if I take out the waterproofs to wear them the pack loses all stability.

Thanks.

Did you try with compression straps instead of the bungee? Did it help with stability? I think that's a problem with most saddlebags like this. I understand BRPs doesn't function so well unless it's fully packed.

Compression strap is much strudier than bungees as it doesn't stretch when you go over a bump for example.

Of course. I thought rhb switched from bungees to compression straps and I was curious if the issue with stability (when not full) was still present. But I believe I misread this post.

I'm going to pick up a dry bag and try the DIY saddlebag approach. I don't think I'd use a saddlebag anywhere near enough to justify buying one, whereas a dry bag has loads of uses.

I will share the response to my question of stock from Alpkit...

"The Airlok XTra Dual is due in April, we've not had a date confirmed yet. For the Koala, you can use our combinator request (link below) to essentially reserve the item for you and once it's been completed we call you for payment and send the goods out to you. You could pop a note on the bottom saying you'd like an Airlok XTra Dual and we'll pop one on the order, if they've arrived in time for the Koala's despatch.

https://www.alpkit.com/bike-luggage/combinator

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Of course. I thought rhb switched from bungees to compression straps and I was curious if the issue with stability (when not full) was still present. But I believe I misread this post.

I'm going to pick up a dry bag and try the DIY saddlebag approach. I don't think I'd use a saddlebag anywhere near enough to justify buying one, whereas a dry bag has loads of uses.

Straps haven't been used yet, still on bungees as pictured.

Dom have you found any straps yet? I'm not in UK so cant help you out, but I find it strange that you're unable to find any in camping/outdoor stores near to you. They should really have that kind of stuff in stock imo.

I cant see how stability would be a problem when the bag is not full. It's actually one of the big upsides of compression straps that they can be tightened to fit big or small, full of less filled packs so that they stay stable.

This shouldn't need compression straps. Could go horribly wrong, never used a sewing machine since we had 1 go in a textiles lesson in 1989...

It's not finished and fitting the zip may yet be my undoing, but at least it vaguely fits the frame.

Ran out of thread* tonight or else it would be closer to being completed.

• this stuff is like baling twine, v.strong and a bugger to get thru the eye of the needle.
  

Cool stuff! Keep us posted!

Cheers, I stocked up on thread but killed my gf's sewing machine (hook no longer swings behind needle to catch thread) so am stuck with just zip to sew in then attach final panel with velcro bits.

Local repair shop reckons 4 weeks just to quote on possible repair, so I'll update after then.

You need one of these for your projects.
Forward and reverse, able to handle much heavier stuff than most modern home machines.

Isn't that what they have hundreds of in the windows of a homogeneous clothes shop chain, urban outfitters?

The model we have is 10yrs old, v.plastic, only £50 on eBay. I'd be willing to spend more.

In better news my 22g Meths stove from bear bones arrived this week.

22g Meths stove

Say what?

Too bad to hear bout your sewing machine though. Hope you'll get back to 'work' soon!

Don't know about the urban outfitter connection, but mine was about half that price, from some lovely taiko drummers.

Here's a couple I made about ten years ago; they work well but you need to correlate cooking times to fuel amounts because of lack of seal-ability, as opposed to the Trangia.

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