Nothing is New May 11 2011, 0 Comments
At least most things, and maybe new twists on old themes. I was at the local used book store the other day. Every now and then I stop in to see if something new has shown up in the areas I like, and ran across Gail Heilman's bicycle touring book. While skimming through this one I ran into a line of bags from Velocipac I had not seen before.
It seems they had made full triangle frame bags for a while.
This really shows the limitations of the internet as a catalog of all things. Today there are a few companies out there making bags like this for Lightweight MTN Bike touring, and me taking the canvas approach. But when you search the history of the things there is a big jump from the Swiss Army bike bags to the modern jumping right past things like this. Some other interesting bags of the era were made by MountainSmith under a BikeSmith label, and a local Ventura company was making bags under the Kangaroo label. It is near impossible to find good information on either company's lines.
There were other bags that were quite interesting too, maybe a few good ideas I could incorporate into other bags. Nothing new, just recombining old ideas to suit my needs.
It seems they had made full triangle frame bags for a while.
This really shows the limitations of the internet as a catalog of all things. Today there are a few companies out there making bags like this for Lightweight MTN Bike touring, and me taking the canvas approach. But when you search the history of the things there is a big jump from the Swiss Army bike bags to the modern jumping right past things like this. Some other interesting bags of the era were made by MountainSmith under a BikeSmith label, and a local Ventura company was making bags under the Kangaroo label. It is near impossible to find good information on either company's lines.
There were other bags that were quite interesting too, maybe a few good ideas I could incorporate into other bags. Nothing new, just recombining old ideas to suit my needs.