Heavy Duty Rear Wheel Storage Bags

I've had a few people ask me how the prototype rear wheel storage bags went on the last big trip. Finally got off my clack and went over to Infront to give Klaus and Lynne the feedback today. These were made with a view to carrying a fair bit of weight yet surviving the dust and tribulations of remote outback travel.

Klaus put an extra strap going around the bag horizontally approximately one third down from the top of the bag. This goes round the tyre above the centre point and stops it slipping down with the extra weight. Also put a big section of strap in the middle of the bag to also add verticle support of contents. He put in Extra heavy duty zips and a dust flap over the top of them as well.

I subjected the bags to 9,700km of absolute crap. They held up to 3 weeks worth of bottles and cans (Remember Gaby the crazed Canadian took a dozen bottles of Bailey's in her stash...hick!), the 5 litre garden sprayers, jaffle irons, billies, buckets etc. Performed exceptionally well. I'd imagine the revised model (reccomended some internal reinforcing patches) will be hitting his website soon.

Here's one of them on my vehicle in the Simpson.....The angle -don't ask! It was blowing a gale and I fell off the track!)

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Disclaimer: No afilliation with Infront. Just appreciate some people who'll go to the trouble of making something to your specifications.

Cheers. Mick