Carradice Camper Long Flap Saddle Bag (Green with Honey Straps)

The original waxed canvas saddle bag.  The Carradice Camper Longflap is a traverse style saddle bag.  It goes across the saddle, unlike contemporary bike packing saddle bags.  The Camper is the biggest Carradice saddle bag, made for large camping loads or serious commuting in all weather. The big side pickers can easily hold a can of pop, or two thick pairs of socks each. 

The Camper Longflap saddle bag can hold a whooping 24 liters of whatever.  Perfect for bigger frames and big camping loads.  The long flap feature is handy: you can unsnap the flap and extend it for bigger loads.  Have a compulsion to bring 4 cameras and 5 spare lenses like my buddy James Joiner?  This feature is key.  Put this bag on a frame 54cm or larger, and use a Nitto R-10, Simworks Burrito rack or Carradice Bagman Expedition rack to support it.

Carradice has been making bags in England since 1932.  They're still made there, and most of the bags are signed by the person who sews them.  Carradice uses thick waxed canvas for the outer material, durable, highly water resistant, made for English weather.  The straps are leather and the hardware is metal.  These are top quality bags that are remarkably affordable.  Compare the cost of say, a Swift bag, which is 60 dollars more and made with much less expensive materials in a factory where works are paid a fraction of what the British workers make.  I've seen Carradice bags from the 70's that still function perfectly, faded but fine.  You can rewax them occasionally to reup the water proofery. 

 You need either saddle bag loops (Brooks saddles) or bolt on saddle bag loops, which we also sell to attach it to the saddle.  Install it with the buckle inside the bag, it will cinch closer to the saddle, and wobble less.  

 The rack in the pics is a Carradice Bagman expedition.