Canvas Berghaus Crusader

[bojit]

My cyclops roc has severe lid limp syndrome , now it is fixed at a cost of 80p for a metre of 3mm bungee cord .

The taping round the edge of the lid was originally elasticated but over time the elastic breaks down , there is enough room inside the taping to fit 3mm bungee cord inside .
I cut a small slit on the inside of the lid and fed the cord round from front to back on one side of the lid . once i had the cord inside i used my basic sewing skills to fix the end then pulled the free end to clinch the side in , it went from 45 cm to 30 cm pulled tight . then i sewed the loose end and cut of the extra .

It took me about 30mins to do one side , if you can thread a needle you could do it too.

Craig.................

 

[GordonM]

Very good repair Craig! Nice and snug now.

Gordy

 

[Rabbitsmacker]

ooo, might have to do that also! good tip me thinks. well, i went to the lakes this weekend, amongs a multitude of hi-tech packs, there was my 1984 crusader! the pack performed very well and was fine once onto the mountain, but a weather warning had been put into place and the snow was getting heavy. my jacket had gone into major due point mode and completely soaked me thru to the base layers. this was about 2/3s the way up, we had a meeting and i said i wasn't risking a summit and with the weather getting worse i came off, and went back down with some great guys from ireland, didn't get their names but thanks for letting me tag along! when i got to bottom mountain rescue on excercise had called the summit attempt off when they saw the weather on the hill we were on. my mates (led by a good guy but suffering very out of character tunnel vision) decided to go on over the top and camped 200 mtres below the peak the other side. apparently it was almost a near death experience, my best bud had to lie starfished in the tent holding down the corners after it blew nearly inside out, he scraped the snow off it 3 times and ended lying starfish in a down sleeping bag in a huge puddle of water that had formed inside the tent. the others apparently after lights out the only thing that was said with wind howling thru was "are we going to die?", australian ben bless him thought his mate was joking around and said "oh deffinitely" and his buddy spent the rest of the night sh***** his pants! they came down and went after much arguing to the hotel i said i was going to to dry stuff out. my kit had been drying all night, everything in the ruck was inside an insertion bag and was dry. however, my jacket had delaminated in several places and it looked like sunburnt skint peeling off, and my boots were thrashed. my mate and i binned the trip and buggered off, the others also soaked and with down bags went back onto the hill and braved as far as i know 2 more nights on the hills. poor australian ben was soaked. bad decision as far as i'm concerned. more weather warnings were issued. anyway the night i was at the hotel the only thing in sight that wasn't covered in frozen sleet was the lawn outside my window. really bad night.
johnboy, not many pics i'm afraid, to busy being turned into snowmen once on the mountain. here is a couple on the way in tho,

this one shows the cloud and forming snowline, it took about 4 hours to go from no snow, to snow in the base of the valley.

this is the view at 4pm out my hotel window, i went and had a shower, and when i came out the snow was falling outside the window and there was no view!

next day, terrential rain had washed every trace of snow away.

bergens before we humped them into the hills

 

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Couple more vector commando details,

 

[blacktimberwolf]

My cyclops roc has severe lid limp syndrome , now it is fixed at a cost of 80p for a metre of 3mm bungee cord .

The taping round the edge of the lid was originally elasticated but over time the elastic breaks down , there is enough room inside the taping to fit 3mm bungee cord inside .
I cut a small slit on the inside of the lid and fed the cord round from front to back on one side of the lid . once i had the cord inside i used my basic sewing skills to fix the end then pulled the free end to clinch the side in , it went from 45 cm to 30 cm pulled tight . then i sewed the loose end and cut of the extra .

It took me about 30mins to do one side , if you can thread a needle you could do it too.

Craig.................

Well done Mr. bojit, great photos & a step by step as well, you've done a great job, told you it was easy, now when it goes again( & it will, it's a genetic weakness I think) your'll know what to do, ( not that you didn't this time)...........It may be my imagination but I believe your bergen is standinng just that little bit taller.........................

 

[Twodogs]

Fine repair there Boj

Thanks for the vector shots , one day it will be mine
Twodogs

 

[MartinK9]

Nice repair job. Mine needs doing so thanks for the tutorial.

 

[bojit]

Of Course it is looking a bit taller , it can now hold his head up high and not feel embarrassed about having a limp lid .

I'm very pleased with how it turned out , looks good as new .

Craig...........

 

[blacktimberwolf]

Of Course it is looking a bit taller , it can now hold his head up high and not feel embarrassed about having a limp lid .

I'm very pleased with how it turned out , looks good as new .

Craig...........

Now you've gone & spoilt it, never tell a bergen it looks new............, they have their pride, ..................I believe scientists are devolping " the limp bergen lid viagra".......something to keep in mind.for those who arn't too deft with a needle & thread.

 

[bojit]

Now you've gone & spoilt it, never tell a bergen it looks new............, they have their pride, ..................I believe scientists are devolping " the limp bergen lid viagra".......something to keep in mind.for those who arn't too deft with a needle & thread.

It's ok it's back in the van where it stays , anyway it's banned from the puter after i caught it trying buy some side pockets on ebay.

bergens are a bit like flowers and women , they perform better if you talk nicely to them.

Craig............

 

[blacktimberwolf]

It's ok it's back in the van where it stays , anyway it's banned from the puter after i caught it trying buy some side pockets on ebay.

bergens are a bit like flowers and women , they perform better if you talk nicely to them.

Craig............

I think now your bergen is operational, new hair cut an all, he may be getting ideas above his station............................Thanks for the tip about women & flowers, you may be right because I'm not getting anywhere with my usual method of threats & brutal violence.

 

[bojit]

Theats and violence won't work with mine , she would kick the stuffing out of me .

flowers don't work on her she just sneezes so it has to be chocolate .

Craig...........

 

[johnboy]

johnboy, not many pics i'm afraid, to busy being turned into snowmen once on the mountain.

Not to worry Sounds like it was an interesting time... Wherebouts in the lakes did you go and waht was the hill you were heading up??

Cheers

John

 

[johnnythefox]

great thread,
i see nobody's reving the 58 backpack,they wouldn't let us use anything else right waste of time that was

still when i joined at 16 we had to start with 37 webbing that was very cruel.

 

[Rabbitsmacker]

yeah we were going up Hanging Knotts, up to Angle Tarn, to thengo west towards to long pike and follow a path up to scafell pike.

Not to worry Sounds like it was an interesting time... Wherebouts in the lakes did you go and waht was the hill you were heading up??

Cheers

John

 

[johnboy]

yeah we were going up Hanging Knotts, up to Angle Tarn, to thengo west towards to long pike and follow a path up to scafell pike.

Yep I know it reasonably well. So I'm guessing your Hotel was down in Langdale was it.. Still Hopefully the Crusader shrugged off the weather.

Cheers

John

 

[Rabbitsmacker]

no didn't go to that one, think it was next one along, i tried old dungeon ghyll first which was fully booked up ironically by mountain rescue who were camped at the bottom of hanging knotts where i'd just passed them, so i walked down the road to our start point which was new dungeon ghyll hotel, and managed to get a room there, most sensible really as this is where the guys thought i was going. crusader got soaked, though it was just damp inside, the cotton back panel was the wetest as it seemed to absorb a lot of water even though very little of it was exposed directly to the rain. but as i say, only damp inside, and with the insertion bag that weighs next to nothing it proved to be a reasonable unit. the only thing i may add to it, which i really missed, chest strap. didn't realise what a difference they have made until you don't have one!

noticed it took a long time to dry out. would treating it with something help? gear protect or similar?

 

[johnboy]

noticed it took a long time to dry out. would treating it with something help? gear protect or similar?

Hi

Yep some sort of fabric water proofer would help with that fabsil perhaps.. Don't do the canvas back ideally you want that to be a breatheable as possible....

 

[Rabbitsmacker]

cheers, will be careful where i apply it. thanks for your helpwith that one, in fact throughout the thread, been very informative.

Hi

Yep some sort of fabric water proofer would help with that fabsil perhaps.. Don't do the canvas back ideally you want that to be a breatheable as possible....

 

[Rabbitsmacker]

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