taximan
senex crepitu iuvenis cordi esse
- Location
- Whitby North Yorkshire.
Old style saddlebag for me every time. ( Recognise the bike Landsurfer? 
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Are bike bags now cool?
- Thread starter Juliansou
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- London
Pondered getting one of those things a couple of times (Carradice is very close to where I come from) but always rejected. Surely they mean you can never leave the bike?
matticus
Guru
Are you talking about theft? don't worry, noone could lift the thing.
- Location
- London
I meant that you can't, as I understand it, easily remove the bag when you walk away from the bike. And folk tend to leave all their stuff in it (minus cash/cards etc I assume)
vickster
Legendary Member
Friend of mine has a quick release for her Carradice if that’s what you mean?
It’s something like this https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/luggage/carradice-sqr-saddlebag-uplift-system/
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- London
thanks vickster - was vaguely aware of - tho i think few folks use them - have the idea that saddlebags often used by folk who usually sit within sight of their bikes - will stick to panniers of different sizes, large underseat pack with tools which can rapidly be swapped between my many many bikes.
Hover Fly
Lazy so and so
- Location
- Besides the lake, beneath the trees
If anyone stole my bike I wouldnt be that upset, it’s only a machine, but if my Andrew Hague saddlebag clamp was on it I would burst into tears, they are irreplaceable.
For the uninitiated they fit on the saddle rails and hinge in the middle so can be removed in an instant.
For the uninitiated they fit on the saddle rails and hinge in the middle so can be removed in an instant.
bitsandbobs
Über Member
I've been eyeing up a Tailfin, but noticed that Gail Brown's broke whilst she was riding GBDuro!
By the way, I can't make any sense of the results of GBDuro. I thought Jason Black came second, but he's not listed in the results.
https://www.theracingcollective.com/gbduro.html#tracking
If Jason Black did finish second, that's a 1,2,3 for Mason Cycles (none of them using Tailfins!).
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steveindenmark
Legendary Member
Gails is the only Tailfin that I have seen break. She had Tailfin as did Chris Bowers, sharon Calton and at least one other. Josh is probably tied to another luggage company. I will ask about the result. Possibly a rule infringement. So a good proportion of the field had Tailfin. I can see quite a few appearing in TCR next year. I have had mine a couple of wedks and can see what all the fuss is about.
bitsandbobs
Über Member
Looks like Jason may have had GPS issues (along with a broken saddle), so maybe he's been DQ'd.
Which Tailfin did you go for, a rack+bag solution or the rigid seat pack option?
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Carradice do a few QR systems for their saddle-bags...
https://www.carradice.co.uk/products/saddle-fixing-systems
I only have one bike without a rack, minimalist to me is only going out with a Topeak rack bag, usually I'd have 1 or more panniers. Pub jaunts I use a Cordo pannier/satchel, can't imagine life without one, I don't like things in my pockets at all. It's been used 100's of times and is like new, was a sales bargain from Planet X
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matticus
Guru
The first (and only!) ones I've seen in the wild were on TPR (October). maybe 3-4? Seem a decent - if expensive - choice for a mainly road event, but daft for 2000km of off-road!
1 breakage is not data - but that's one breakage amongst very few tested on long rides. Look how many metal racks have survived not just ultra-races, but many 1000km+ audaxes and of course, plenty of world tours over decades.
Then there's the green aspect of CF ... (ignores CF forks in own garage) ...
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- London
Do you have a link for the pannier satchel?
Or is it discontinued?
Discontinued, PlanetX had a sale on and I bought it on a whim for peanuts, certainly less than £15. It is a really well thought out, durable, top quality product and I wish I'd bought a couple more.
