Ocean Air Cycles x Nitto Erlen Saddle Bag Support: 2.0 (NEW)

This cult classic saddle bag support is persistently out of stock everywhere. When it occasionally comes back in stock, it sells out extremely fast. Grab this if you crave one!

From the manufacturer: If you have a saddle bag, you already know why you want a support.  The Erlen has all of the kinks of previous designs worked out.  Load transfer is directly to the seat post, no extra hardware to come loose etc.  This is the NITTO x Blue Lug produced version the Ocean Air Cycles design, with 1cm longer rails to better fit seatposts like the Nitto S83 it was designed for.

Pulling design inspiration from the Breezer Seat Sandwich and Carradice Bagman, all of the extra parts are designed out.  Having used a Bagman for years with various saddle bags I had experienced every type of failure imaginable and set myself to engineer it out.  6 years ago we started R&D with Haulin Colin, and that is the one and only sample we needed.  Years of loading and testing and it just works, and is ready for market.  The support rails are welded directly into the rail spacer and the whole assembly clamps directly into you seat post/saddle assembly with a longer bolt (we provide).  

The drop on this is similar to our old Regular with 5.5" for most bags: Swift Zeitgeist, Carradice long flap etc..   This was our most popular Erlen surprise in the past

The hardware (Longer bolt) for this production is included, and included from Nitto with a bolt sized for their S65 post, I believe this is the M8.  the 2.0 version also includes the bolts for the Nitto S-83, they are an odd custom bolt for that post with M7 thread and special smaller heads.

The Erlen is made with bare stainless steel for a long life of carefree service, and easy to weld or braze accessory mounting points etc..  

As Simple as it looks, the only other question is load.  It goes all day at 15 lbs or less and you do not know it is there, at 20lbs flex is noticeable, and any more than that and this is not the proper rack for your load UPDATE: The preceding recommendation was based on years of use with a 70/30 split of road and trail(dirt road) use on my Rambler.  If your use is primarily mountain biking, you will want to keep the load under 10lbs.

Condition

New in bag (removed for photograph)