Originally Posted by
rustystrings61
1980 Mel Pinto Imports catalog, p.4 - "T.A. Front Bag, Nylon or Canvas, many pockets ... $23.00." The T.A. bag support for the Mafac front brake is listed below it at $3.50. Figure it would have been cheaper before the oil embargo, the recession, '70s inflation, etc. Unless Mel had a big supply he had gotten earlier in the decade ....
Maddening. For about $9.00 more than I paid for a crappy nylon Eclipse basic bag I coulda had a T.A. and a front rack ...
Those are dealer prices. Dealer would sell that bag for around a big whooping $35.
New canvas bags go for $200 on up.
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