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New? Who do you think I am, Jeff Bezos?
It's 90s Wheeler, as I said somewhere above, delivered from my friend in another city as a part of very complicated arrangement involving several bikes from different decades, some money, parts and Holdsworth musette bag.
I'm not in London, so situation with bike theft is not dire, so my plan is some decent (Abus or Kryptonite) but not top-of-the-line U-lock and maybe a wheel cable.
Good call on Carradice bags, they look absolutely awful and I'm sure to blend in with hobo population here and not attract much attention to it. I assume they are absolutely bombproof and really though-out?
@AroogahLomo bag
These look pretty good for a price, wish I could buy them here and not import from UK.
Wald 137
€100 locally, damn, retailers are out of their mind.
GiantManta-
Yeah. Expensive racks here too. If not Lomo, maybe a cheap Aliexpress option would work paired with a second hand rear rack.
I have seen DIY front rack options using Ikea parts. No experience with them, but that is an option to consider.
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I assume they are absolutely bombproof and really thought-out?
Yes. Huge history, hand made in a mill town in Northern England, blah blah. If the bag is made of cotton duck it will outlive you. Most of the used ones on ebay are made of cotton duck but Carradice also offers other materials, i.e. plastic. Carradice cotton duck is very popular with old bores. It gets you membership of the Expert Tourer club.
To deter hobos from rifling through your bags you could use a motion sensitive alarmed cable lock. They're really cheap and have lots of other uses. They're meant for laptops. I used one in the US but nobody ever tripped it. Maybe there are so many American hobos on bikes that they have a rule not to fuck with bike bags in case it's a fellow gentleman of the road?
Aroogah
nick_h.
A new city bike parked outside a supermarket sounds like a magnet for thieves. What's your security plan?