Introducing the Porcelain Rocket Mr. Fusion Mini

I already have a saddle bag but want to add a bit more stability to it. I came across the above review of another saddlebag which has a metal bracket attached to a seatpost collar. Given one can buy a seat post clamp with eyelets for a pannier for only a few £ I would have thought bodging the above could be quite cheap. Does anyone have any ideas of how to do it? What to use for the metal ‘struts’?

Thanks!

OK, what saddle bag do you have? The usual reasons for “instability” are packing too much weight and incorrectly packing the bag. Some are more stable than others, I’ve the Wildcat harness and there’s a couple of cm of movement when you stand by the bike and wiggle it but it’s not a problem when you are actually riding.

Note that Alpkit do a rail system that may do what you want – https://www.alpkit.com/products/exo-rail-seat-pack-mounting-system

I’ve got the blackburn outpost, and to be honest it is pretty good in use. Its more of an annoyance than a problem.

I have seen the exorail, and I do like that solution. However, I seem to be very sensitive to saddle height changes and don’t like the idea of the faff or adjusting saddle height and taking the saddle off every time I want to add/remove the saddle bag or swap it to another bike.

Another Outpost ab-user here, I’ve added another mounting point using the SDG saddle and Topeak saddlebag spares. Sure you could mount the bracket to most of the saddles. Pics below:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/6QkkCey4SRXBn6Xa6

https://photos.app.goo.gl/VCzVHfrB9ThUvhTS9

https://photos.app.goo.gl/dEr99jnYPRizaKC98

https://photos.app.goo.gl/WkimAw6peJ4goJJb9

https://photos.app.goo.gl/2AEkbv3b3xCKA9oc7

Happy bodging!

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I switch my Revelate bag (no swinging) between bikes without having to remove the seatposts.