Things that go snap in the night
I went out for a loop around east Portland this morning (Springwater Trail/Woody Guthrie trail/Marine Drive/Willamette/Springwater,) and, about the time I was turning from the Springwater Trail to the Woody Guthrie Trail, I realized that the right strap was a bit loose.
Imagine my surprise when it just fell apart when I tried to snug it. It turns out that the only thing holding the thing together was a single rivet, which did stay nicely riveted, but which managed to tear itself out of the webbing.
When I reassembled it, I left the rivet off and just sewed the thing together. The thread might fray apart, but it shouldn’t tear through the webbing while it’s in the throes of disintegrating.