Well friends, I’ve been meaning to write you all a note for some time now–but your orders are keeping me in the stitching room (thanx!). When I’m not there, you could place money that I’m on my bike. Hence the neglected blog. I say screw that thing: I wanna ride too. But there are a few things I’d like to tell you all, some aesthetic, and some practical announcements:
- Swift.Industries (all two of us), are heading out on cycle tour come the first week of August. We’ll be flying to Quebec and then cycling down into Brooklyn. So: We are NOT taking orders from July 20th 2009 through August 18th, 2009. If we’re heavy on orders we may even stop a tad early. We just want to have everything taken care of and in the post before we head out. But by all means, keep the orders coming until then!
- I’ve decided that on all the flap bags (Pelican Porteur and Roll Top Pannier), I’d like to hide the fastex buckles beneath the flap. Same convenient spot, but a much cleaner look. I hope you like it.
- We’ve also begun switching to cloth labels. Each bag will have a 1.5X2 inch pink and brown label off centered on the front pocket. We’re running out of large fox logos, and I’d like to use ‘em up. When we’re out of a color I’ll switch to the cloth style. If you’re dying to know which you’ll get email me and I can tell you.
- You may now choose Arkel Hardware for your Swift.Industries Bags. The Canadian pannier company kindly agreed to let us offer you their wonderful mounting system on our bags. The Arkel Cam-Lock (r) Hook Kit will cost an additional $40.00, and can be applied to all of our pannier models.
Less on the business note, and more fun: Russ Roca, the author of the Epicurean Cyclist wrote really wonderful reviews on our Roll Top and Mini Short Stack Panniers this past week.
Also, we’re delighted to have been published in this coming issue of Boneshaker A Cycling Almanac.
Thanks Evan and Russ for introducing us to more cycling communities!
Well folks, I think that’s all.
We love to hear from you–keep up the adventures and merry cycling!
–Martina
