I came across an interesting page this morning. “Carradice Bagman Problems” analyzes some issues with old Bagman racks and then goes into the reasons that these racks exist and information about mounting and carrying options for Carradice bags.

The site is plain but deep. Poke around a little and you will find all sorts of esoteric bike knowledge. Recommended.

Tags: bagman, rack

Philosophy InTrans pannier

Velouria, writing in her ‘Lovely Bicycle’ blog, reports on her time with Philosophy bags. She summarizes:

Philosophy panniers are high quality, well though-out, versatile and classic products that are well worth their price and are unlikely to disappoint.

Here at Wallbike, we sold out of our first order of Philosophy bags surprisingly quickly. We are waiting for the improved 2012 version to go into production.

Tags: Philosophy, Velouria

Ruth Works SF is another nice craft bag maker. The bags shown on their blog give a sense of innovation in a traditional framework.

Blogger Epicurean Cyclist shares Chris Quint’s neat boat cleat Carradice mounting bracket in this video-

Over the next three weeks we should get two Carradice shipments. We will get Bagmans, Barleys, Zip Rolls and more. We are told that Bagman supply has stabilized and should be more available, maybe.

4/19/10 Update: The order is ready, the skies over Europe are not. Our Carradice order will ship when the planes fly again.

Tags: bagman

Jandd Large Mountain Pannier

We are closing out our stock of quality Jandd touring gear. We have reduced all the prices on our website to reflect the sale discount.

Jandd makes a very good, feature-packed, line of Cordura bags and other touring gear. We regret that our space is limited and we need to make room for other products.

Sale limited to stock-on-hand. 30 day unconditional guarantee.