Chrome messenger bag color advice?
07-30-04, 05:38 PM
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Chrome messenger bag color advice?
Hi, I'm looking at getting the Kremlin. I know it looks freakin huge!! How huge is it (for those that have used it a while)? I have a medium Bailey Works and for mild school stuff it's aiight but even when I carry a sweatshirt it fills up too fast. I want to go big or go home. Enter the Kremlin.
Okay so I'm ordering it online. I heard the white liner is the way to go. I wanted some color advice because I'm bad with making decisions. Should I go Navy/white, black/white? I don't know, there are other colors available. SHould I go with a dark color or bright like red? I'm thinking navy blue but maybe black would be better...
suggestions, please
thanks
Okay so I'm ordering it online. I heard the white liner is the way to go. I wanted some color advice because I'm bad with making decisions. Should I go Navy/white, black/white? I don't know, there are other colors available. SHould I go with a dark color or bright like red? I'm thinking navy blue but maybe black would be better...
suggestions, please
thanks
07-30-04, 06:49 PM
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Goosepedaling?That is funny!
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Originally Posted by trackfresh
I'm just scared...this might be the last messenger bag I ever buy.
07-30-04, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by trackfresh
even if it's the camo one?
Err, Just my personal opinion, but I think if you are envisioning this as your last messer bag ever, then camo may come to a point where it grows old.
I am personally experiencing the same dillemma, as I am planning on getting a new bag, yet am plagued with the problem of color choices. So much of what I have is bland. I am trying to incorporate more color in my life, yet keep a semblance of coordination and possible "professionalism" (gasp_!) Which in most cases is read black .
Let me know what you choose - I am currently thinking green......
07-30-04, 10:21 PM
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Personally, I grow tired of every color except navy. So I got a navy with a black liner. Avoid the new gray liner as it looks cheap. I would have gotten white liner but it was not available in the size I wanted. I suggest you get the color that you like most and is good both in winter and summer (oops, I forgot SF has summer all year round, unlike friggin boston).
07-30-04, 11:11 PM
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Black.... it's all the colors.... or none of the colors...
Yeah.
Yeah.
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Originally Posted by HereNT
Black.... it's all the colors.... or none of the colors...
Yeah.
Yeah.
white is all colors
unless you're painting
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Originally Posted by s2sxiii
black is the absence of color
white is all colors
unless you're painting
white is all colors
unless you're painting
RGB or CMYK?
Either way, black is cool...
07-31-04, 12:24 AM
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Why is it only $10 more for the Kremlin compared to the Metropolis, it's a 1000 cu in difference? I'm going to have to find the Metropolis in person, they don't have the colour choice I want -- main colour in black with a red or white stripe.
07-31-04, 03:27 AM
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i've got the metropolis in grey/black...i wanted a brighter color, so i don't get hit by a damn car, but it was a gift....so thanks!...i've used my metropolis as a freakin grocery shopping bag and school backpack and suitcase and carryon bag...it's a pretty nice big all around size. i wouldn't want it to be bigger for school mierde...but i'm just a posenger, so what do i know. i like the bag. get a bright color
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I got the bright orange kozmo kremlin, and it's definitely visible. My roommate got the brown metropolis, and it looks awesome. Very earthy, but not your typical anonymous black bag. I also got an olive chrome backbone which I love, and I must say that when I buy my metropolis, it will definitely either be olive/black, or brown/black.
just my .02
just my .02
07-31-04, 12:50 PM
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I went ahead and got the black with white stripe because it's a neutral cool and it has that black and white emo factor to match my adidas. So what's done is done....I was really considering that olive/black color, but I hate when my green stuff clashes with other green stuff.
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Stylin' brah! Got the emo thing going on with the matching sambas! Not queer at all, its always been about style!
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I've had green Chuck Taylors. Looked rad on their own, and with neutral colors.
But the minute you put on an orange t-shirt, people start noticing..."hey! you're looking rather tropical today!"
So it's back to black Chucks.
But the minute you put on an orange t-shirt, people start noticing..."hey! you're looking rather tropical today!"
So it's back to black Chucks.
07-31-04, 01:09 PM
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Stylin' brah! Got the emo thing going on with the matching sambas! Not queer at all, its always been about style!
ahaha Sambas...
you callin me queer?
ahaha Sambas...
you callin me queer?
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No you're just different. Thats what queer means, but I said you're not! No, hey, I have the smooth orange kosmo close-out w silver lining! Looking for shoes to match.
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haha, from e-bay? I was thinking of bidding on that one...
yeah you should bust a bright orange fit...hat, bag, shoes, frame..go all out.
yeah you should bust a bright orange fit...hat, bag, shoes, frame..go all out.
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Actually my supervisor at the messenger company got me a deal on it. He charged me less than he charges for the same size regularly which is a discount supposedly. Still costs, I payed 60. Probably cheaper on ebay? I know the company makes profit when ever they can. QMS is not selling anything without markup it's a business.
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Originally Posted by qmsdc15
Actually my supervisor at the messenger company got me a deal on it. He charged me less than he charges for the same size regularly which is a discount supposedly. Still costs, I payed 60. Probably cheaper on ebay? I know the company makes profit when ever they can. QMS is not selling anything without markup it's a business.
Still, you got the Kremlin for $60... I would be very happy with that.
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Trackfresh - I picked up the same bag you did this afternoon, black with the white stripe/lining. Just finished packing it with all the necessary gear tranferred over from the Timbuk2. I dig this bag.
Chrome sells the Kozmo bag with or without logo for 60 on their site. I almost bought that one a while ago but e-mailed them about the plastic buckle - they were really polite and said it was strong but I love that seat belt buckle...plus you can't go wrong with black.
Chrome sells the Kozmo bag with or without logo for 60 on their site. I almost bought that one a while ago but e-mailed them about the plastic buckle - they were really polite and said it was strong but I love that seat belt buckle...plus you can't go wrong with black.
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