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I'm looking for a black Carradice Lightweight Audax / Super C Audax, shipped to France.

Also interested in buying your Bagman Sport SQR if you want to get rid of it with the bag.

Thanks!

Thanks, I'll take some inspiration from yours if I ever end up doing that! From what I've seen you've made some decaleurs for Ortlieb hooks, but none for the Bagman QR, right?

@TM : I want to keep running a rear rack, for the occasional big thing that'll fit in nothing but my Vaude Aquaback, and I wasn't happy with the Bagman + Rear rack look, especially on my very industrial looking aluminium bike, hence the quest for a front mounted QR bodge.

In the end that's what I'm going for (for now at least), as I found a Cube rear rack without a platform that hopefully won't clash to much with the Bagman. Will post a picture of how it looks once everything is finished. Expected wait time for the non-Carradice saddlebag I'm hoping to order is 6 weeks though... If anybody knows of a shop selling Lightweight Audax saddlebags in mainland Europe I might buy that instead.

By the way, when you say the super C works well as a shoulder bag, you're talking about the actual Super C (23L), not the Audax one? Good to know that even the larger models aren't too bulky to carry around, even though I was thinking of trying a small one first.

@.ben : thanks for your suggestion, but I'm stubborn and a bit fussy, I know I won't like using straps on a daily basis.

All good ideas, though that thorn accessory bar is a bit of an eyesore and probably lacks adjustability.

I definitely want utmost speed because each extra step that I have to do when locking up my bike tends to grind my gears easily.
I was hoping there was an easy solution I might have missed to mount a bagman on the front, as I was hoping to switch the Carradice between two bikes (and it would be mounted on the back of the other one). But if I end up mounting it on the front, I will probably buy 2, and put some Ortlieb hooks on one, and build a makeshift decaleur like so.

@Föhn : thanks, but I'm not looking for a platform, as I'll probably be using a Nitto M18. It was the QR part of the Bagman I was interested in mounting to the front of the bike.

@Nick_S : Thanks, but let me be perfectly honest here : this is 70% about fashion, and I hate Klickfix bags in that regard, with the Ortlieb Ultimate being the worst offender. The remaining 30% is about functionality, and once again these don't cut it, they're too boxy and rigid and will be a pain to carry on a shoulder strap (I hated my rando bag in that regard). That's why I was gravitating towards Carradice-style saddlebags :)

How awkward are Audax/Nelson saddlebags to carry around with a strap? Looking for something I could easily bring with me for long walks inside the shops/museums (etc.), as I find my Vaude Aquaback too impractical for that.

Also, is there a legitimate or bodgy way to mount them on the front of the bike, resting on a rando rack but still having some sort of QR similar to the Bagman's?
I've seen the hacks involving Ortlieb hooks and a strut attached to the handlebars via some clamps, but said clamps always seem hard to find.

(First post on this forum btw, didn't find an "Introduce yourself" topic, hope that's cool.)