Saggy Bags

[John Dewey]

I love obsessing and one of my two-wheeled obsessions is saggy seat bags. 

All my rides are equipped with beautiful hand-made Acorns. They’re so well crafted, robust, properly shaped. Artfully utilitarian. Lifetime units to be sure. 

And to insure that they remain well-defined and retain their shape I’ve made poly inserts to preserve their beautiful profile. 

Nice, right? 

Jock

[Brian Turner]

Very nice. I've had to do this with all the Carradice bags I've owned. A lot of modern bag makers finally wised up and started adding poly stiffeners to their offerings. The smarter ones design them so you can remove them easily if you wish (some folks like 'em floppy). I'm kinda surprised Acorn doesn't include stiffeners.

Brian

Lexington KY

[Patrick Moore]

Odd, I’ve used half a dozen Carradice models including all the “traditional” cotton duck models and have never felt that they sagged to the point of unaesthetic detraction to the looks of a beautiful Rivendell.

Now, bags that  did sag were the old Cartwright family of bags; I had an Adam and a Hoss and both looked when empty like a pile of dirty laundry in the corner. (But they carried loads wonderfully.) The Carradices used stiffer — coarser — cotton duck and so were stiffer. The really old ones were also lined inside with thinner cotton fabric.

ISO/WTB: a Carradice Junior sized bag — 9 liters — with more upscale — Sackville- (or whatever the current Riv line is now called)-level looks. What can others recommend? Can trade a Revelate Viscach seat bag and have cash.

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Patrick Moore

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[Hugh C]

That does look good! My larger saddlebags I tend to stuff full so no stiffener needed, ha ha. My Swift front and rear bags have the plastic insert which is easy to remove but a bear to get back in. I like to remove the insert when I ship the bike for trips and getting the bag back together is more frustrating than putting the bike together.

For my bought used GB front rando bag, I balked at the price of the internal stiffener so made my own from plasticized poster board and duct tape. It has held up pretty well.

[Mike Godwin]

I made this with X-Pac fabric, which is somewhat stiff, more stiff than waxed duck. Its 15-20% larger volume than a Riv Banana Bag. There are upper and lower internal sleeves to accept inserts. The top insert is a fixed installation, held in place with copper rivets.  I use poly thin cutting boards from the dollar store or some such purchase. Zipper pouch large enough for a cellular communication device. 

Mike SLO CA