anyone else do this??? I carry an extra pair of sandals to walk in, food, drink mix if needed, cell phone, wallet, pump, tubes...

Its only a small backpack but i could tell people who see me riding with it on my Tarmac give me the WTF are you doing look.

I just think its nice, esp since im just training i figure it couldn't hurt

real cyclists sacrifice practicality for idiocy.

actually, i ride with a backpack quite often. i deal with the WTF looks by riding faster than everyone who gives them.

Why not connect a straw to a reservoir of water inside the backpack?

In the same vein as your post, I really hurt my finger this evening while trying to remove my plastic pie plate from underneath my cassette, using a screwdriver, a razor blade, and brute force. I don't have a cassette removal tool. Blood came out from all the edges of my fingernail.

But at least the road nazis will be somewhat placated -- although I still have my reflectors in my spokes...



To the OP, have you considered a little wedge/saddle bag? It could definitely hold food, drink mix if in packet, cell phone, wallet, tubes, and tools etc.

If you find one big enough, it might also hold a pump and sandals. I think imagine it would be more comfortable for you, too, while you're riding, than a backpack would be. I saw some reasonably priced ones at REI recently if your LBS doesn't have a big selection.

This is probably more than you'd need, but:
https://www.bikeforums.net/singlespeed-fixed-gear/189376-battle-giant-bags.html

I had a PAC Design Ultimate (non-OS) ordered earlier this year, custom build - absolutely amazing bag and the best riding bag I've ever owned or had the pleasure of putting on my back.

You sound as if you might actually be using your bike to go someplace. Are you telling me you have a destination? I'm sorry but that is not allowed. All roadies must embark on training rides, and only training rides. No stops allowed between the time you leave your driveway and 3 hours later when you safely return.

They probably wonder why you are having to go to work on a Saturday.

Most folks find it a lot more commfortable to carry things on the bike, rather than on their backs. If you don't mind the backpack fine, but you'd likely find a bike bag works better, particularly when its hot.

I wear a pack when I commute, but that's for lunch, laptop, and a change of clothes.

For general riding, I just use my jersey pockets for ID, credit card, multitool, patch kit, and spare tube. Pumps belong on frames.

Sandals? wtf?

What somebody else thinks about you is none of your business anyway!

I say, "Wear the backpack if you want to."

hey, if it works for you then who cares what others think???.....I keep a small suede pencil bag filled with all my needs(tube, CO2, multi tool, lever, $, etc.)and I just put in my jersey pocket....if I needed more I would carry a backpack for commuting.

Ah, refreshing to hear roadies shed vanity for common sense and practicality.

I do when I commute. Your back gets sweaty, but that's about it.

+1

I do occasionally use a small Camelbak, but prefer to carry stuff on the bike whenever possible.

sometimes.





and sometimes i have a fishing pole in it.

I wear mine only when I commute...
If there is a need in your mind for it, and you feel fine doing so (extra weight on sit bones) go for it.
Who cares what the internet peoples think :-)

Another commuter who uses a backpack. Usually the laptop, change of clothes, a book or two.

just go over to the fg/ss forum and you'll likely find an active thread of some sort about bags/packs. i usually commute on my fixed gear or cross bike, but if i'm in a rush, i'll roll on my LOOK 565 in street clothes and a messenger bag. if i'm going for a training ride though, the last thing i want is a sweaty hot 10lb bag on my back.

good to hear im not alone in this. Ya im comfortable carrying the backpack, plus i figure if anything does happen i can fall on it and its nice and cushiony (it's got those fat pads against my back). I couldn't find a wedge to put my sandals in and i even tried getting sandals a size too small and they still wouldn't fit, im only a 9.5... its also nice because i go riding early in the morning and i leave with a sweater on and then it usually comes off by the end.
thanks for the confidence boost!!! im gunna go check out the backpack links now

https://www.lockitt.com/LGSpeedPac.htm
just found this online when i looked under pac backpack. Looks like its a pretty good design, im just wondering how comfortable it really is though... The carbon fiber on the abs im sure would also make me faster too!!!
I saw the links for the pac messenger bags and they're expensive!!!

any decent hydration pack with some cargo storage is your best bet. Camelbak, hydrapak, golite, and gregory make some nice packs.

I commute on a road bike so it's not a big deal to me. If anybody hasssles you, tell them you have to go directly from the group ride to the office.

I would want to ride with a backpack, but it can get really uncomfortable for me after a while. Then I have to deal with the overly excessive sweating...

I know that there are bookbag manufacturers that deal with this problem, but I don't feel like shelling money for yet another bookbag.

Instead, I leave everything I need at the destination of choice (i.e. work) and ride with nothing going there and coming back.

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495 ci? That's big enough for a pair of sandals and some patches

My commute pack is a 40L (~2400 ci) back-country skiing pack. Nice pockets everywhere, and compression straps to fit it nicely to the cargo so nothing is bouncing around. Most of the time, it's really flat to my back, but I've got room if I have to run an errand on the way home (I pick up my wife's foot race packets often, or groceries).

I just use one of those drawstring bags given out at events. I've now got a few so I can change them out to let them dry off.

ya my jansport odyssey is 2350ci, so about your size and i love it, but sometimes i feel like it could ride with less so i use a smaller oakley bag that my friend gave me (it was free so why not). I run a lot of errands with my bike too, i live in mission viejo so it's pretty quiet so i ride to the local blockbuster near my LBS, stop by and say hi to everyone, ride to starbucks, friends, groceries, etc.

I just went carless this summer and so far all has gone well, not too many jackass motorists yet (>_<)x
I also feel better than i have ever felt physically.

not sure why anyone should get strange looks by wearing a daypack. I take it that they don't commute , or do all day/overnite rides without a sagwagon?