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cabana 4 life
11-15-05, 11:58 AM
oh boy a bag thread!!!!!! just a quick question i traded some guy some shirts for a brand new Manhattan Portage bag it pretty cool but there is no stabilizer strap. what the crap? they brag that there the original messanger bag but they dont have a stabilizer strap why? anyone got any info?

EnLaCalle
11-15-05, 12:01 PM
heh -- maybe that's why it got traded for a bunch of t-shirts.

seriously, though, i'm pretty sure the ones i have seen have had cross straps.
*new*guy
11-15-05, 12:42 PM
The one I had in the early 90s did not have a stabilizer strap. You've just got to pack really well;)

fruit
11-15-05, 12:46 PM
im using one now for messin, and the lack of strap ruins my day, every day.

took a sharp turn today, and ended up with a bag full o' package on my stomach.

time to stop by reload...
cabana 4 life
11-15-05, 01:39 PM
fixed.. just some sewing and i had to cannibalize my crumpler, but it works great.
BostonFixed
11-15-05, 04:09 PM
... they brag that there the original messanger bag...
I thought that those people in New Haven, CT claim to have the "original NYC messenger bag".
Griffin
11-15-05, 04:32 PM
I am very good friends with the daughter of the owner of manhattan portage. I love free messenger bags :)
jyossarian
11-15-05, 04:59 PM
I got one and I just shift it around and keep it tight and high up on my back.