Forgot to add that, hell, you don't even need loops, as long as your saddle is high enough above your tire. I've carried 30 lb and heavier loads in Carradices and Baggins and Sackville bags strapped directly to the rails of my original edition Flites.
Note: Strapping bags to saddle rails means (1) that you must pull the straps damned tight; I often use pliers. (2) the bags may sit a bit further forward, and thus more aggressively caress the backs of your thighs. (Hmmmm ...) This does not bother me, at least, not after riding 1/2 mile (happened Saturday with the Carradice Junior newly attached to the Flite; annoyed me for the first few scores of yards, then I completely forgot about it). On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 2:12 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > FWIW, one can make most saddlebag straps work with most mounting loops, be > these integrated with the saddle or bolt on, simply by using longer straps. > I've done this umpteen times (umpteen comes after 19 and before 20). Toe > straps work well, at least leather ones, but there are all sorts of long, > longer, longest leather straps available, from Carradice and many others. > If you have a long enough strap and are patient, you can get 'most any bag > to strap to 'most any saddle, and the bag will happily and securely carry > 30 lb loads. Do this alla time. > > On Sun, Dec 20, 2020 at 1:16 AM Nick Payne <njh...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> No, the bag loops on a Berthoud saddle are spaced about 15mm closer >> together than on a B17, and a Carradice saddlebag, for example, won't fit >> directly to the bag loops on a Berthoud saddle. >> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgv4OSoumxNajoi%3DicHMiH56s3_V-d1KYmSLUMEY8tfasQ%40mail.gmail.com.
