If you’re interested in ordering a custom Zugster bag, please read the order details at zugsterbags.com/about/ordering. I’ve copied the relevant paragraph below:

The current wait time is two and a half years.

Yes, you read that correctly. Place an order now and you won’t get it until 2012. That, of course, is subject to everyone on my current queue actually following through with their order. Some do, some don’t, some write up detailed specifications of their dream bag and then disappear, never to be heard from again, when they get a price quote, so it’s possible that it could be shorter, but that’s where it stands right now.

Please keep in mind that Zugster isn’t even a small business, it’s more like a nano business. I complete 3 bags per month, on average, sometimes more, sometimes less.

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I just received four rolls of binding tape from a new source, restocking on Navy Blue and Dark (aka Charcoal) Gray, and adding two new colors – Burgundy and Orange, which I’m rather unreasonably excited about.

I’ll get the website updated with photos of the new colors soon. If anyone currently on the queue wants to see a photo of a particular color combination to help you make up your mind, feel free to drop me an email and I’ll get it done.

So, with that in mind, here’s the complete list of binding colors they have available. Colors in bold are colors that I currently have. Any votes for which colors any of you out there would be interested in for the next time I order binding?

Air Force Yellow (Gold)
Black
Bright Yellow
Brown
Burgundy
Camo Green
Dark Gray
Jade
Kelly Green
Lavender
Navy Blue
Olive Drab
Orange
Pink
Powder Blue
Purple
Red
Royal Blue
Sage Green
Silver Gray
Tan
White

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I’ve recently received some more material, and have yet more on the way. Just arrived are more brown trim and a new purple trim color. Celery, Silver, and and Purple Cordura™ are back. Gray, yellow, tan, burgundy and red VCP for liners are also on the way. The colors page has been updated to reflect that (‘though I still need photos for the brown & purple trim).

Multicam™ camouflage Cordura™ is also available for ordering again. I will probably stock up on some of that later this summer. It costs more than twice what the solid colors do, so it will have a surcharge.

The Rando bags have proven very popular — 9 of the first 12 orders on my queue are for rando bags! SF local JimG got the first production model off the “line”, and fitted it with a really nice custom decaleur made with aluminum stock from a local hardware store. Speaking of decaleurs, the Velo Orange blog reports that decaleurs are about to go into production again, so I’ll be able to offer those pre-installed on rando bags when they’re available again.

The waxed canvas backpack I made recently has been very well received, having been blogged about twice in the 8 hours between when I posted the first photo and when it was delivered to its owner. It’s shown up on trackosaurus rex, Cycle Zine, and Bike Hugger

And if you like that, keep an eye out for the waxed canvas rando bag coming later this week.

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