Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - 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

sheesh. pick a freakin color already. it ain't rocket science.

blue.

there.

happy?

I'm just scared...this might be the last messenger bag I ever buy.

if you get the wrong color you'll be surrounded by goosepedaling fixed gear nazis and chased out to the suburbs.

fyi. choose wisely.

Goosepedaling?That is funny!

I'm just scared...this might be the last messenger bag I ever buy.

Don't be a wuss. Just slap the $$ down and get what you enjoy and enjoy it.

even if it's the camo one?

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......

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).

Black.... it's all the colors.... or none of the colors...

Yeah.

Black.... it's all the colors.... or none of the colors...

Yeah.

black is the absence of color

white is all colors

unless you're painting

black is the absence of color

white is all colors

unless you're painting

I work in printing, so I deal with both.

RGB or CMYK?

Either way, black is cool...

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.

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

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

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.

Stylin' brah! Got the emo thing going on with the matching sambas! Not queer at all, its always been about style!

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.

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?

I'm vegetarian also

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 string but I love that seat belt buckle...plus you can't go wrong with black.

I got my kozmo for $40 on ebay brand new, and the guy even included the radio holster and two bottle openers!!

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

I had an orange chrome. Now I have a black one. Nuff said

had my chrome bag for a year or so now...nothin else to say...big and water proof... the buckle is excellent with heavy loads

i currently have a very dirty looking khaki kremlin with black liner... i so wish i had gotten the black with red liner.. it just says.. POWER!!! instead of "i'm a dirty geek".... :o

i currently have a very dirty looking khaki kremlin with black liner... i so wish i had gotten the black with red liner.. it just says.. POWER!!! instead of "i'm a dirty geek"......who still cannot locate the stash pocket

']...who still cannot locate the stash pocket

but wait, I thought it was just under the stabalizer strap near the velcro encloser

']...who still cannot locate the stash pocket

why do you still bother me with this?

Damn, I was supposed to be getting a "pro deal". I guess John got the pro deal, charging me market price! Plastic bag, plastic buckle, flimsy silver liner, ok for 60, I guess. Mine is sans logo. Still looking for vinyl orange spd shoes to make it allright. Sporting the Euskatel orange lycra shorts and hunter's orange camo vest for now.

why do you still bother me with this?
because I pay my taxes

why do you still bother me with this?

because you keep asking "Why?"

Damn, I was supposed to be getting a "pro deal". I guess John got the pro deal, charging me market price! Plastic bag, plastic buckle, flimsy silver liner, ok for 60, I guess. Mine is sans logo. Still looking for vinyl orange spd shoes to make it allright. Sporting the Euskatel orange lycra shorts and hunter's orange camo vest for now.

Good. Just make sure it all matches your underwear.

why do you still bother me with this?


because it's the only thing that yr good for here...

']...who still cannot locate the stash pocket

Finally found that bugger this morning... Guess I should have spent more than 5min looking...

Now if only I had something worth keeping in there...

Finally found that bugger this morning... Guess I should have spent more than 5min looking...

Now if only I had something worth keeping in there...
I have found that airline sized bottles of booze fit nicely in there. It is if they almost belong there.

I'd probably get in trouble with that - I just checked and it fits my pocket flask nicely :)

I don't think they'd look to favorably on that where I work...

']I have found that airline sized bottles of booze fit nicely in there. It is if they almost belong there.

I keep spare key, patch kit and 10 euro bill (in ziplock bag) in there... just in case

I keep spare key, patch kit and 10 euro bill (in ziplock bag) in there... just in case

And here I thought you lived in FunLand :)

Spare keys (if I had them) and cash (if I had it) are a good idea, but one of the things I liked best about my Kremlin was the way you could unvelcro (even a word?) the liner from the outside - down there I have two spare tubes, glueless patch kit, pump, multi tool, two 15mm wrenches, lockring tool, headset wrench, BET and an allen wrench that fits my seat because my multi doesn't....

Gotta come up with something more clandestine for the stash pocket...

Gotta come up with something more clandestine for the stash pocket...
with all the posts on near-misses, altercations, and the like - here is a remedy:

']with all the posts on near-misses, altercations, and the like - here is a remedy:

I think if I were carrying those, they'd be on the shoulder strap.

Probably cut down on the near-misses, altercations, and the like :)

I think it's going to become a flask holder though... just have to remember to not be using it until going out for the ride after work...

It does almost fit a mini u-lock in there though, with just the handle hanging out. It held there shaking the bag, but moved out so the turn in the u was the only thing keeping it in the velcro... but really easy access in case I needed to grab it and hit someone with it...

Kind of wish it was a couple of inches deeper. I'm getting kind of tired of my lock in my back pocket, and the Kremlin isn't the best bag to just flip around and dig in if you're skinny.

Sure'get camo no one will be able to see it.

I read this. I can't believe I did.

I think if I were carrying those, they'd be on the shoulder strap.


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