Real, full-grain, vegetable tanned leather front straps. Already supplied with bags that have removable ‘Quick Release Straps’. Check the table below to find compatible straps for your Billingham bag.

Different leather tolerances

If you are replacing your front straps after many years, it is likely that the leather will be a little different in colour to the leather on your bag.  

Firstly as a natural product there is variation between batches - we try our best to keep the colours of our leather within a set of tolerances, but as leather is a natural product it can be very hard to keep colours consistent to match something from many years ago.

Secondly, leather does change in colour slightly over time. 

Please bear the above in mind when purchasing.

Using Front Straps

Our front straps open and close using our Quick Release System. The front straps can be pulled up from the tip and go up and off the brass clogball attached to most of our bags. ​ ​

Many of our bags have buckles, but this is just for fine tuning the capacity inside the bag. You do not need to take the front straps off the buckles every time you use them, this is only for occasional adjusting. Because of this, it should be very difficult for you to lose your front straps.

Craftmanship

These front straps are made with the craftsmanship you'd expect from Billingham:

• Real, full-grain, vegetable tanned leather​
• 5-year manufacturers guarantee​
• Made in England

Compatibility

Some Billingham bags come with front straps. If you need to replace yours or just fancy a change we sell spares for many of our bags.

The Hadley Small Pro Front Straps are included when you purchase the 'Hadley Small Pro' bag and are designed specifically to fit that bag.​ ​

The Hadley Small Pro Front Straps are NOT suitable for the Hadley Small.

Old and new style Front Straps

Our very old 'Hadley Original' bags come with spherical clogballs/brass studs. If you have an older bag with this style clogball and need replacement front straps, please contact us so that we can supply you with the correct type of front strap for your bag as the modern ones will be too loose.

Including photos of your clogballs and existing straps will help us make sure we offer you the correct front straps for your older bag.