Comments on: Minnehaha Canvas Saddle Bag http://urbanvelo.org/minnehaha-canvas-saddle-bag/ Bicycles in the urban environment. A magazine about urban cycling. Fri, 25 May 2012 00:33:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: brad http://urbanvelo.org/minnehaha-canvas-saddle-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-4870 brad Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:35:49 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=3751#comment-4870 Thanks for the tip Eric, I'll try that next time I head out with it. Thanks for the tip Eric, I’ll try that next time I head out with it.

]]> By: Eric from Minnehaha http://urbanvelo.org/minnehaha-canvas-saddle-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-4868 Eric from Minnehaha Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:24:06 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=3751#comment-4868 The strap could be replaced easily by a basic toe strap if you wanted infinite positioning rather than the increments on the strap we provide. I have done this on one of my original prototypes and it works well. You could also punch a new hole in the strap at a spot that works particularly well for your setup. This is especially true for the seatpost strap, though I've never found that this strap needs to be particularly tight. The saddle straps line up with the metal loops on the back of Brooks and other leather saddles, so on bikes without those loops it will be harder to cinch the bag in place. In that case it is better to thread the strap up and over one saddle rail and then back down through the same hole - repeat this on the second rail and you will have a more stable setup (at the expense of more difficult removal). This would be true with a toe strap as well. The strap could be replaced easily by a basic toe strap if you wanted infinite positioning rather than the increments on the strap we provide. I have done this on one of my original prototypes and it works well. You could also punch a new hole in the strap at a spot that works particularly well for your setup. This is especially true for the seatpost strap, though I’ve never found that this strap needs to be particularly tight.

The saddle straps line up with the metal loops on the back of Brooks and other leather saddles, so on bikes without those loops it will be harder to cinch the bag in place. In that case it is better to thread the strap up and over one saddle rail and then back down through the same hole – repeat this on the second rail and you will have a more stable setup (at the expense of more difficult removal). This would be true with a toe strap as well.

]]> By: Jono http://urbanvelo.org/minnehaha-canvas-saddle-bag/comment-page-1/#comment-4861 Jono Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:30:05 +0000 http://urbanvelo.org/?p=3751#comment-4861 Could the notched leather straps be pulled through and replaced with something that could be cinched tighter? Could the notched leather straps be pulled through and replaced with something that could be cinched tighter?

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