Tartan Carrier Bag.

New Rear Tartan Carrier Bag.

October 2015

Finally I have found a period style rear bike bag / box for the Kingpin. Very hard to get hold of in good condition and for the right price, some very tatty ones seem to sell on eBay for more money than the bike cost when it was new!

Any way I managed to be the only bidder on the bag pictured below, its a reproduction one from a company called Cycle Chic from a couple of years ago, they don't seem to make them any more either. Not quite the right colour but these new versions are very well made and I'm pleased with it. I will try and source one the right colour if I can but in the mean time this one will do.

New Brooks Saddle and Brooks Challenge Tool Bag.

New Brooks Saddle and Brooks Challenge Tool Bag.

March 2015

This winter I decided to put a Brooks B17 saddle on the Kingpin, as the "new old stock" saddle that was on the bike was uncomfortable and noisy, the new saddle is the exact opposite! I also added a Brooks tool bag, not the most practicable of bags, but it holds a puncture repair kit, an old style "dumbbell" spanner a sort of multi tool, and a couple of metal tyre leavers. It suits the age of the bike. 

This phot was taken March 2020 during the Coronavirus Pandemic.