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Upgrade bike bag straps or strips!

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Anyone know of a company that actually sells the straps that go through (for example) the ladders - or whatever they are called on on others - on the alpkit bags...

My Acepac is ace (why wouldn't it be... 1.2L or more on a toptube/stem bag) but the straps are a bit rubbish.. not like the Apidura stuff that has some grippy material behind the straps to hold everything tightly... these do hold but a grippy strap is always nicer...

Any thoughts...
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Did some digging by using their salespitch (thats its TM Velcro... turns out Velcro do them directly on a rol of 5m for 20mm wide... ordered the green version (more eco friendly :grin: ) from Amazon for 7£...

Mike, thanks for that Pkaris link too. Will see how I get on and consider them later but if the Velcro is good eno7gh for Alpkit (although I didnt like it much on my top tube Alpkit bag) then its (should be) good enough for me... :-bd
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B01M1ANTVD

This be the one I ended up with after the above suggesti9n of Alpkits.. basically same thing but 5m of it...
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I do like the mechanical advantage from the buckles.
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ootini wrote:I do like the mechanical advantage from the buckles.
Indeed that is a fair point...
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redefined_cycles wrote:
ootini wrote:I do like the mechanical advantage from the buckles.
Indeed that is a fair point...
How many and what length are you after?
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3 to 4 would be plenty...
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redefined_cycles wrote:3 to 4 would be plenty...

I've got some you can have and you can decide if you think they're good enough for you. If not, then no problems. Don't want any money, they came off different boxed bikes coming through ( I work in the cycle industry ) so you're welcome to them.
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Escape Goat wrote:
redefined_cycles wrote:3 to 4 would be plenty...

I've got some you can have and you can decide if you think they're good enough for you. If not, then no problems. Don't want any money, they came off different boxed bikes coming through ( I work in the cycle industry ) so you're welcome to them.
Thanks kind sir... PM incoming...
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redefined_cycles wrote:
Escape Goat wrote:
redefined_cycles wrote:3 to 4 would be plenty...

I've got some you can have and you can decide if you think they're good enough for you. If not, then no problems. Don't want any money, they came off different boxed bikes coming through ( I work in the cycle industry ) so you're welcome to them.
Thanks kind sir... PM incoming...
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While we're on the topic, my strap accoutrements of choice are ladder locks that are curved (like these: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/263597604616 ... Track=true) as they seem to lock much better round tubes than the straight ones, and the ones that came with my Blackburn frame bag that have a locking cam buckle, like these Aplkit ones (https://www.alpkit.com/products/koala-straps-3-pack) but with webbing strap. Must try and find a source for both (not sure about the eBay ones linked - have bought cheap strap hardware before and been disappointed).

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