I guess you've never rode with one for 25+ years and hauled a lot of stuff in it. The strap was the best thing. Nice and wide and it fit over the shoulder perfect. The heavy duty buckle is the opposite of what Timbuktu has. You can swing it around your front while riding and loosen it and get stuff out, swing it to your back and tighten it again.

The strap was long enough to accomodate very big and heavy loads and the entire bag sits right above your butt and just below your where your shirt would end. Really right in the perfect center of gravity where if you have 20 or more pounds of stuff in there, you really can't feel it cause its in an inert part of your back. If you pull on it and bring it up higher on your back, it really defeats the purpose of the design. Its meant to be ridden just above the saddle.