Originally Posted by El Chaba

In 1987 while picking up some parts from Mel Pinto's, I saw a stash of T.A. bags (and a few canvas panniers) on some shelves. I would estimate that there were 25-30 bags there. Being heavily into racing at the time I wondered what would ever happen to those old canvas bags that I regarded as dinosaurs. I still wonder...Incidentally, I recall that those bags were all the same but had various badges or labels...Some were T.A., some "Mel Pinto", etc....There was also a sizeable stash of the T.A. water bottle cage nylon pouches....