I have some mussettes that are surplus from the Swiss Army bicycle troops. Olive drab canvas with sewn canvas strap and flap that closes with a brown leather strap and buckle. Usual size for mussettes but they have a lengthwise divider that makes two compartments, and one compartment surface is divided evenly into six smaller pockets.
Don't know how old they are, and not a collectible, but still it's one variation on the mussette. They're not originally meant for use with lightweights ;-), but I use one with a lightweight every day.
Mitch Harris Little Rock Canyon, Utah
On Nov 22, 2007 1:04 PM, Dale Brown <oroboyz@aol.com> wrote:
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> Now, I have a few older musettes, all British, that are of this (or appears to be) same leatherette or coated canvas. I particularly like a heavy duty, teal colored, Campagnolo printed one which I THINK came from Holdsworthy in the 1970s when they were the main importers of Campy? I have another Harry Quinn bag of similar weight...
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> Most of the continental musettes I have seen are simple cotton items, without flaps.
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> So, now my thoughts are, how many variations of musettes have there been? I imagine there have been quite a few. Maybe there should be a web site of just musettes?
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> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
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> Subject: [CR]West Suffolk Wheelers musette
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> Hi chaps,
> I rarely put details of my Ebay sales on here but I'd just thought I would
> with this one, I have listed a West Suffolk Wheelers, Grinsted 60th
> anniversary Musette bag, just about in with the timeline 1922-1982.
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> _http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110197174489_
> (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110197174489)
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> Steve Chambers
> Chesterfield
> Derbyshire
> England