Carradice Bagman Questions

[Peter M]

Hey all, love my carradice products but a combination of a sprung
saddle (B67) and setback seatpost makes it sit where the pockets can
have stuff jump out of them occasionaly. The bag is almost horizontal
instead of sitting straight up. I was wondering if anyone has used
the carradice bagman with a sprung saddle succesfully? I called
Wallbike and Peter White but both times got a vauge "should work"
which seemed to be a way to just say no. My seat is all the way back
so i should have enough rail space, is it just a question of rail
spacing? Also if it does work does anyone have a used bagman sport
they want to let go of on the cheap? Thanks all.

[George Schick]

Yes, I have a bike with a Brooks Champion Flyer that has a Bagman mounted to the lower set of saddle rails along with a Carradice Barley bag hanging from the bag loops.  It works just fine and I've had it loaded with lots of heavy cargo from time to time.  If you stop and think about it, the Bagman is fastened to the lower "fixed" set of rails while the bag hangs from the loops on the rear saddle frame that sits on top of the springs.  So when you go bouncing over bumps and the springs compress, the load in the saddle bag (that sits on the Bagman frame) simply stays in one place.  And yes, having the Bagman does make a big difference in the vertical positioning of those pockets.

[Adam]

I use the Flyer saddle with the bagman and a medium sized saddle bag from riv with good results. Occasionally on a bumpy trail I might have to tighten the bagman's primary attachment bolt but no problems with pocket positioning.

Happy to send a photo if it would be helpful.

Adam

[Peter Morgano]

Sure, I would love some pics. Do you think the expedition size bagman would be overkill for the Pendle? I only ask since Peter White has a 30% off sale so the expedition through them is the same price as the sport at Wallbike. Also, has anyone seen the new Bagman they are selling at Ben's? I looks like it would have better support, but a bit on the ugly side I feel. maybe I am just being too picky?  http://www.benscycle.net/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=10875 

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[George Schick]

Take a look at the bag heights that Peter lists on his web site and for the Bagman, too.  Then remember that your Bagman is going to sit about one and a half inches lower than it normally would if mounted on an unsprung saddle rail.  This means that you might get by with a standard size Bagman (Sport or whatever they call it) instead of an Expedition.