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Please email your pictures to info@carradice.co.uk and include your full name and address toghether with background information about each photograph.

CARRADICE IN ACTION GALLERY

Will and Ed Stevens spent five months and a day cycling around the entire coastline of mainland Britain, on a pair of specially-built touring Tall Bikes.
Departing from the gates of Buckingham Palace on April Fool's day 2006, they pedalled clockwise around the country, following coastal roads as faithfully as possible, covering 5,821 miles (9,366 km).
The journey was held together by fine welding on the part of Cyclemagic Leicester, by much patience on the part of the riders, and by four pairs of very trustworthy Carradice Super C panniers (front and rear). Despite extensive wear-and-tear, the panniers are still in excellent condition: testament to their sturdy construction. Bravo!
  http://www.TallBikeTourBritain.com

"This is one of one of my excellent bags carrying six terracotta flower pots and a Hibiscus the

18 km:s or so from Tyresö Handelsträdgård, to the south east of Stockholm, to my home just south of Sthlm.

The bicycle is a mid nineties Miyata

Regards, Stig Th. Sjödin, Gubbängen, Sweden

Brendan Donnelly's tour from Cote D'Azure to Costa Brava in July 2008

(above and below)

Hi,  I'm Peter Gill
I went on a solo cycle camping trip from Blythe (on the California/Nevada border) to Los Angeles,
My bike is a custom-built Mercian Super Vincitore, with a splittable frame. my lugggage is Carradice

and my tent is a Hilleberg Akto.

This photo was taken during a 'comfort break' and shows the ride across the Joshua Tree National park,

with a thunderstorm approaching (it was about an hour away).  Total trip duration was four days.

My carradice kit funtioned perfectly as expected. (I'm 52yrs old, and have been using Carradice kit for 35 years)

These were your carradice front and rear panniers on our bikes (nearest 2)

while touring through England, France, Germany and the Netherlands last year. 

Louise Morgan Burnley - Lancashire)

Hi Carradice

Love your products, see attached taken not far from Whitebridge Invernessshire.

John Lauder

Can I congratulate you good people for making such excellent "bomb proof" Super C panniers!  

I've just completed a fairly epic cross Scotland and back again mountain bike off road adventure

and have been amazed at how well the panniers stood up to tough single track riding in
the most demanding conditions. I've owned a number of other brands of panniers before and

am sure that none would have stood up to that kind of punishment. It was a wonderful

trip and I think I've got Carradice to thank for getting me and my kit home in one piece.

Phil Whitfield June 2008

Just arrived back home in June 2006 after a Southend to Chartres and back round trip, covering over 700 miles

in 24 days. Is that okay for someone pushing 70? By the way panniers are 20 years old and still going strong.

Roy Brown April 2008

I had this photo on the Rivendell Owners Group on Flickr and someone suggested I send it to you.   This picture was taken in Tyler State Park (North of Tyler Texas) on the way home from a one night bicycle camping trip. (The same bike & panniers have troured from San Fransico to Los Angeles).  The bike (equiped with Carradice saddlebag) has also traveled to the UK twice.  The bike is a Rivendell All-Rounder with Carradice Super C Panniers and Handlebar Bag. 

Angus Lemon March 2008

Carradice is currently very popular in Taiwan.

Pictured below is Cheng-Hsien Yang

Oliver Hertz cycled from Hackney in London to Monte Carlo in September 2008

The expedition was a sponsored ride in aid of  http://www.headwayeastlondon.org/

Barry Bryant toured Laos in 2005 riding a Diamondback Axis carrying a 1980's Carradice Nelson Longflap.

This picture shows massive roadworks he encountered along the way..............................

...........................................................................However, apologies were made for the "unconvenience"!!!!

Ian Clarke Secretary of the National Clarion Cycling Club on tour with Jayne Bevitt (below)

Ian proposed to Jayne (whilst riding) as they crested the Furka Pass in the Swiss Alps...........

.............................Happily she accepted!!!!!!

Steve Sweedler toured the Andalucia region of Spain in 2005 with his vintage Lowsaddle Longflap.

The snow in the high country above Alhama de Granada was deep enough to hold up his loaded bike!!

A lunch break beside the Loire for Robin and Jill on their 2005 tour.

Mike Evans' passion for classic perfection is displayed here with a Carradice Barley saddlebag mounted

on his beautifully restored 1949 Parkes Autograph

Beth Hamon's picture shows her Riv. by a mileage marker from Cold Spring Water Corridor,

a 40 mile, car-free pathway which begins at the riverfront, east of downtown Portland and goes

all the way to Boring, Oregon.

Beth is out with the Riv. again but this time it's just a short trip to the library.

She says "Carradice bags are great for errands as well as extended travel"

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David Hallam used his SQR Tour for a 2200km ride in the Australian outback.  He says:

"I was expecting some break -up in the mounting or failure but............No way.

It is solidly built and although other makes cracked up, the SQR system worked a treat."

Another SQR bag - this time the Slim - was used by Jarl Moden on his day trip.

This shot is taken at Ras il-Qammje, up on the Marfa Ridge on Northwesterm Malta.

Not the best view of your products, the saddle bag is 20 years old,  I bought it new.
Tandam is an orbit 531, we had entered a contest the theme being your bike is a toy.
We did not win! (Sam McEachern - New Zealand)

IS this a record ?. Taken in 2005   Stourbridge Cycling Club  tour of Morroco  ALL  with12 carradice long flaps!  

and all Brooks saddles .  It took a few years to pursuade new commers    to this OLD Way  of touring,

but they soon appreciated  the advantages of Cabin Luggage in a saddle bag !     Roger Mantom.

'Love + Marriage' on my Raleigh Pioneer Metro GLX Trekking Bike.
Excellent Workmanship - Thanks Priscilla.   John Vuagniaux

Scott Chamberlain from Dover MA submitted this picture of his Nelson Longflap which he uses

with the Bagman support