mastertangler wrote on Dec 13^th, 2010 at 11:59am:

Maybe you can save me 50 clams. What don't you like about it? Seems like a rather expensive ratchet strap holder. BTW, if we hit on a price do you throw the straps in..........as in "and that's not all, if you call in the next 10 minutes you get a second chair and straps free"..........

Hey!  I actually have a USE for the straps!  

However, maybe I could thrown in another camping chair with a back.  I also have a   (You need to Login or Register ... it just leans back a little too much for my taste.

And as for taste, perhaps its because I prefer cruiser bikes to crotch rockets ... just a more comfortable fit to my anatomy.  

But in the final analysis, it was just "one more thing" to carry.  Like I've said before, my folding Coleman Rambler II weighs less (and I can add my canoe seat to get a back rest if I want) and is lashed behind my tractor seat ... in that position it also serves as an additional back-stop support.  And since it is lashed in, it stays there during a portage.

dd