Carradice saddlebag, how old is it?

[tincaman]

Bought this from ebay, looked on good nick for less than £30, but I can't work out how old it is. Any ideas?

 

[Ian H]

My oldest one, a long-flap, has a label in the same style, but a reflective triangle below, and dates from the early eighties.

 

[tincaman]

After searching through a lot of pictures, it looks like Carradice went from the plastic label to a cloth label sometime in the late 70’s, when they moved premises. This bag is possibly from the period when they started with the cloth label but before they also added the reflective strip or triangle as well. Most of the Carradice bags from the 80’s have an orange reflective added

 

[BorderReiver]

I wonder how many of the current generation of velcro attached "seatpaks" will be around in 40 years?

 

[Globalti]

Most of them I expect, languishing in sheds and garages like that almost unused saddle bag was before it was dug out and Ebayed.

 

[raleighnut]

Bought this from ebay, looked on good nick for less than £30, but I can't work out how old it is. Any ideas?



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Nice

All you need now is the matching Panniers

Purchased in April this year