Small Sackville Saddlesack issue

[Joe K]

Hi, all. Last Christmas I requested and received as a gift the above-
mentioned sack. I really like it.

But the stiffener in the bottom -- which may be coroplast or foamcore
-- just can't take even modest weight and sags in the middle. So I
bought and shaped my own piece of foamcore, and after one ride, the
same thing happened.

It's not a huge deal...the bag still works well...but I'd like the
bottom to stay flat; that's what it was designed to do.

So if any of you have noticed this, what do you use instead? I'm
thinking there's a plastic place on Canal St. in Manhattan that might
cut me a piece of light yet rigid plastic to just those dimensions.
And I can reattach the velcro-like strips that came on the original
insert.

Thanks,
Joe

[Thomas Lynn Skean]

I have a SaddleSack Small I've only used a little. I have had all of the other SaddlSacks, though, and have never had this problem. I have worried about this problem, though, for the Small in particular (as it has no underlying rack support when I use it) and for the others when I carry them off the bike.

I can only assume the reason this hasn't happened to me sometime is because I happen never to jave carried anything heavy with a small footprint on the corroplast. I wonder if gluing something long and stiff near one or more edges of the corroplast might help stiffen the whole corroplast platform. Perhaps one or more wooden (or bamboo :)) rulers? Or flat stiff metal piece(s)?

Yours,
Thomas Lynn Skean

[Peter Pesce]

I love Canal Plastics!
That aside, another thing you might try is laminating 2 pieces of coroplast together with spray adhesive. That will increase the strength considerably without adding much weight, though it will take up a bit more room.

Pete in CT

[Joe K]

Thanks, Thomas. BTW, my load has been small: a coiled cable lock,
spare tube, tire repair stuff -- shouldn't sag. I think the issue is
that the flat platform has a large surface area: ca. 9 1/4 x 11 3/4
inches, and coroplast isn't up to the job.

I'll report back on my continuing experiments!

Joe

On May 12, 5:22 pm, Thomas Lynn Skean <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net>
wrote:

[Brian Campbell]

I cut the side out of a large plastic cat litter container (37lb tidy cat) and shaped it to fit. Works well.

[EricP]

On my bag, ended up removing the stiffener to get it to lie down on the Nitto R-14 top rack.  Without a rack, it can sag slightly.  Never really bothered me, though.  More annoying is how the main buckle seems to bounce against everything and continually make noise. Especially any Nitto rack or fenders.  To my mind, not as bad as a squeaky chain, but can get irritating right quick.

 

But, yeah, a stiff piece of plastic should unsag things.

 

Eric Platt

St. Paul, MN

 

On Monday, May 14, 2012 2:33:55 AM UTC-5, Joe Bernard wrote:

I doubt Grant intended for the bottom to be utterly flat at all times.
He often mentions how a bag's capacity can be pushed beyond it's
listed numbers when stuffed fully, which he considers a benefit. Not
that you have to stick with that concept, I'm just saying the
Sackville is probably operating as designed.

Joe "I really should sell mine since I never use it" Bernard
Vallejo, CA.