Small top tube bag for holding ID badge
05-11-15, 08:38 PM
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Small top tube bag for holding ID badge
I need to show my ID badge to enter my work site. I'm looking for an easy access solution that needs to hold an over-sized ID badge.
I normally commute with a cycling jersey and messenger bag. The bag doesn't really have a quick access spot for ID, and the bag also interferes with rear jersey pockets.
Anyone have any inexpensive solutions that don't look terrible?
I normally commute with a cycling jersey and messenger bag. The bag doesn't really have a quick access spot for ID, and the bag also interferes with rear jersey pockets.
Anyone have any inexpensive solutions that don't look terrible?
05-12-15, 12:42 AM
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Do you lock your bike before entering your work? Then just take it out with the keys.
Buy a lanyard and hang it on your neck. Or loop the lanyard around a strap and just pull it out of the bag.
Get some Velcro and put it on one side of the card and the other on the bag, with the lanyard for security. It's easy to remove if you put it under flap and can yank it out even easier.
Slide it in the waist band of your shorts or up the leg seam.
Hide it in the bushes near the entrance.
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Ask your company to switch to rfid badges, no bigger than a keychain. They could couple it with an employee PIN number for added security. This could also activate elevators.
Buy a lanyard and hang it on your neck. Or loop the lanyard around a strap and just pull it out of the bag.
Get some Velcro and put it on one side of the card and the other on the bag, with the lanyard for security. It's easy to remove if you put it under flap and can yank it out even easier.
Slide it in the waist band of your shorts or up the leg seam.
Hide it in the bushes near the entrance.
Top tube pannier - Free Shipping - DX
Sports & Outdoors Gadgets Supplies from China Online Shop - DX
Bike Bicycle Cycling Frame Pannier Front Tube Bag Pouch w/ Rain Cover - Black + Orange - Free Shipping - DealExtreme
I hope these are useful.
Ask your company to switch to rfid badges, no bigger than a keychain. They could couple it with an employee PIN number for added security. This could also activate elevators.
05-12-15, 08:27 AM
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Dosimeter, badge holder, and extra credit card sized key badge. Its a pretty big and awkward bundle.
The ID is needed to show security to get on-site, from there its a few blocks to my building.
I've tried tucking the ID in my jersey but it get sweaty, and that kind of disgusting to hand to a guard.
Good idea on the lanyard, if I get a second lanyard I can leave one attached to the bag or bike.
As for switching to smaller badges, my employer is the federal government, it would probably take an act of Congress, which is probably more difficult than getting an act of God.
The ID is needed to show security to get on-site, from there its a few blocks to my building.
I've tried tucking the ID in my jersey but it get sweaty, and that kind of disgusting to hand to a guard.
Good idea on the lanyard, if I get a second lanyard I can leave one attached to the bag or bike.
As for switching to smaller badges, my employer is the federal government, it would probably take an act of Congress, which is probably more difficult than getting an act of God.
05-12-15, 08:35 AM
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Dosimeter, badge holder, and extra credit card sized key badge. Its a pretty big and awkward bundle.
The ID is needed to show security to get on-site, from there its a few blocks to my building.
I've tried tucking the ID in my jersey but it get sweaty, and that kind of disgusting to hand to a guard.
Good idea on the lanyard, if I get a second lanyard I can leave one attached to the bag or bike.
As for switching to smaller badges, my employer is the federal government, it would probably take an act of Congress, which is probably more difficult than getting an act of God.
The ID is needed to show security to get on-site, from there its a few blocks to my building.
I've tried tucking the ID in my jersey but it get sweaty, and that kind of disgusting to hand to a guard.
Good idea on the lanyard, if I get a second lanyard I can leave one attached to the bag or bike.
As for switching to smaller badges, my employer is the federal government, it would probably take an act of Congress, which is probably more difficult than getting an act of God.
I am using one on my Chrome bag and it is large enough to carry currency and my Samsung Note 3 which is not a small phone.
05-12-15, 09:02 AM
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Can you poke a hole in the id? I did with several and always seemed to find a clip with an extendable chain. You could clip that to the messenger bag, pull the id to the guard while its still clipped, have it retract and go. Something like this: Robot Check
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05-12-15, 09:08 AM
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If you still ride with the messenger bag, you can get one of these that attaches to the strap. https://www.niteize.com/product/Clip...o-Sideways.asp
I am using one on my Chrome bag and it is large enough to carry currency and my Samsung Note 3 which is not a small phone.
I am using one on my Chrome bag and it is large enough to carry currency and my Samsung Note 3 which is not a small phone.
The retractable suggestions are good, but I still need a good place to stash the ID during the ride (~11mi, ~15-18 mph cruising), so its not flapping in the breeze. So either the bag clip or a small bag (like for a phone). An iphone 4 case is just a little too small, but a typical Android case is about right.
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bento box? thye come in difference shapes and sizes and fit on your top tube
05-12-15, 09:32 AM
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Pull the badge that you need to get through the gate off the pack of other stuff and put it in the jersey pocket. Choose the one that's not under the messenger bag. The badge is plastic, and doesn't hold much sweat. It'll be better than the badge the lawn mowing crew is wearing when they come back from lunch.
05-12-15, 09:45 AM
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Velcro strip on the badge and the side of the stem, loop the retractable cord around the stem and clip it to the cord just in case.
But I prefer to carry it in the zipper pocket of mountain bike shorts, or if in a jersey pocket inside a sandwich baggie to keep sweat off.
But I prefer to carry it in the zipper pocket of mountain bike shorts, or if in a jersey pocket inside a sandwich baggie to keep sweat off.
05-12-15, 09:47 AM
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Dosimeter ? Lawrence Livermore radiation Labs ? (I had one issued when in service on Nuke Sub)
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I have used a variety of top tube bags. I recommend this Top Tube Bags - eoGEAR Bags - Bags & Packs - CYCLING
05-15-15, 08:24 AM
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I use a small bento bag for phone, wallet, keys, snacks, etc.
a lot of my riding isn't in jerseys though. And I don't like having things in my shorts pockets.
a lot of my riding isn't in jerseys though. And I don't like having things in my shorts pockets.
05-15-15, 01:25 PM
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I know some of the MTB touring types use a little cylindrical bag, like a climber's talc bag, or the ones my Dad used to use for his Nalgene bottles, hung off the handlebars for banana, granola bar, etc. It's not as slick as the ones like above that velcro behind the stem.
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I have one I use for my cell phone and sometimes for my car GPS. it's pretty handy it looks like these things
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05-15-15, 02:00 PM
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I like front frame bags. Quick and easy access. I prefer it to the ones that sit on top of the top tube, as I find those get in my way.
I have the the Deuter one. Front Triangle Bag - Bike -Accessories - Deuter USA. The Banjo Brothers one looks good too. Frame Pack, Small | Banjo Brothers
I have the the Deuter one. Front Triangle Bag - Bike -Accessories - Deuter USA. The Banjo Brothers one looks good too. Frame Pack, Small | Banjo Brothers
