So I replaced my fabric pop-top liner with a nice waterproof synthetic one. Fantastic except that unlike the old japara cotton original, which had all the draught-resistance of a tea strainer and just let the breeze into the beast, this one actually stops wind and at anything from 60km/h upwards, balloons inwards, inflating like a kiddy paddling pool. It's a Sopru, and obviously a bit gappy at the front/sides when clipped down.
Now, I've seen on a couple of US sites a version of the vinyl pinch-welting that lines the outer edge of the top, but incorporates a fat circular-section neoprene sealing lip around the inside. Apparently the Westfalias use 'em. Anybody seen anything like that from an Australian-based supplier?
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