Re: Re: CamelBak question...

["Michelle Rowe" <michrowe@frontier.net>]

"> As for adding a waist strap to the one you bought - it depends.  If you
can
> sew and the material is not too thick for your machine, you can probably
> turn the whole thing inside out, remove the stitching on the side seams
> where you want to insert the webbing.  "

You can also go to a backpacking store or REI online and buy a replacement
waist strap if you want to put a cushy, comfy one on your pack.  ;-)

m
(aka michelle rowe)
colorado
http://www.redwrench.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah McIntosh" <smcintos@rapidnet.net>
To: "Roberta Jo Lieberman" <woik@home.com>
Cc: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, November 05, 1999 9:53 AM
Subject: RC: Re: CamelBak question...


> I made my own water-holding backpack and use the Platypus bladders.  I
used
> an old typical backpack and down sized the width and length.   I put in a
> waist stabilizer strap (i think this is necessary).  AND on the front (i
> copied this from a friends pack) I added another little strap that goes
from
> shoulder strap to shoulder strap across your chest.
>
> This system has worked great for me.  I'm just a beginner but I've done a
> few LD's and lots and lots of training miles and this works.  The two
strap
> system seems to stabilize the whole thing and i don't even get sore
> shoulders from it, which is amazing.
>
> As for adding a waist strap to the one you bought - it depends.  If you
can
> sew and the material is not too thick for your machine, you can probably
> turn the whole thing inside out, remove the stitching on the side seams
> where you want to insert the webbing.  Insert webbing with the tails going
> to the good (outside of pack which is now inside) and restitch your seams.
> (i'd go over those seams 2 or 3 times) .  You can buy the webbing and
> plastic clips and most fabric stores.
>
> Happy trails,
>
> Sarah & Saffire
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Roberta Jo Lieberman <woik@home.com>
> To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 8:24 PM
> Subject: RC: CamelBak question...
>
>
> > After years of "thinking about," I finally marched into a sporting goods
> > store to buy a CamelBak. They had lots of new models and features... I
> > ended up bringing home the "Rogue" -- a 70-oz model with well-padded arm
> > straps (which I wanted). But when I got it home, I realized that it
> > didn't have the waist-stabilizer straps...tell me, oh CamelBakkers out
> > there, is this a feature one shouldn't leave ridecamp without? I checked
> > the archives and got a sense that it is important. Should I march back
> > and exchange it <for what?>, or can a waist strap be rigged up easily
> > enough?
> > Thanks for your input!
> > Bobbie (ready to sip away)
> > April (but it's ORANGE and clashes with my purple Snugpax!)
> >
> >
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