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Old 09-07-10 | 08:07 AM
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Bikes: 1966 Raleigh DL-1 Tourist, 1973 Schwinn Varsity, 1983 Raleigh Marathon, 1994 Nishiki Sport XRS

Originally Posted by mkeller234
Are you looking for the exact bag... or just something that fits the part? There are usually a handful of them on ebay.

Oldroads.com has some lesser quality bags:


If you want something nicer than you could get one from Carradice, Acorn, Brooks or Zimbale to name a few.
That's a pretty good reproduction of what the original bag looked like for Raleighs. I have a 1966 with a bag with the same shape. The closure straps broke though so I picked up an NOS replacement on ebay. If you can't find one on ebay, Oldroads is an option. The difference with the Oldroads bag is that NOS has a rigid pressboard side insert riveted into the sides (so you wouldn't see the fold lines like you do in the Oldroads pic).



The one that mkeller has on his looks a lot like the (Schwinn Approved) bag on put on my old Schwinn Varsity.
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