Mountain Bike Saddle Pack

                                                 The Blacktail 2500                                       

         This  rear rack Saddle Pack  is more than a set of panniers and a rear rack pack.  Made of Waterproof Nylon in your choice of available camo patterns. Sewn with 100% polyester strong durable thread. Resistant to abrasion, wear, and mildew. All zippers are size 5 YYK,  the side panniers have 24 inch zippers and the top rack pack has a 36 inch zipper. All have double pulls, which allow easier loading and positioning. As always, the cord pulls are tied in our unique knot.  All zippers are covered with a storm seam, covering the zipper.  The side panniers are 14 inches long, 15 inches deep, and 4 inches wide, with an angled front side to eliminate kicking , each side is secured to the bike with three hook and loop straps. A 1 inch Nylon web  compression strap cinches the load tightly to the bike. We don't want those front and rear quarters shifting around as we're riding over water bars and whatever else is on the logging road.  The top rack pack is 5 inches high, 10 inches wide and 15 inches long, with crisscrossed 1/2 Nylon web compression straps, each one with side release buckles. After you fill the top rack packs 750 cu.inches of storage, and have it all zipped tight, those crisscross web straps will secure the head and hide.  And just in case he's above average, we include a extension web strap with a side release buckle. After all the work that goes into taking an archery buck, we don't want that head to go bouncing down off the roadside! 

     Our Saddle Rack Pack

Here in the Pacific Northwest, Timber companies own most of the huntable habitat, all crisscrossed by well kept logging roads, most of which are behind locked gates. Hunting is allowed , but no motorized vehicles. Feet, or as the old timers called it, Shanks Mare, and mountain bikes are allowed. Ever tried riding a mountain bike with a quartered deer in your backpack? We needed a saddle bag style pack that would handle the job.

  This is another piece of gear that just didn't exist. Had to be large enough, secure enough and rugged enough to haul out bucks like this big bodied forkie.

    There are other rear rack saddle Panniers made that either are too small or bulky for hunting use. We needed something large enough to carry a harvested deer, with compression straps to tighten the pack around the load. We live in the Pacific Northwest, and hunt Columbia Blacktail deer. Since the pack was designed to be large enough for at least a deer,  we call the pack the Blacktail 2500 ....... as it has 2500 cubic inches of interior storage.