Originally Posted by
slcbob
I can understand completely that carrying a lighter bike with some of the weight in a proper backpack is much easier. Glad it works for you.
Re the magic match: 16+26=42. Relative to "closer to 40-45" -- where did that 5 pounds go?
Hey, the backpack might weigh 14 pounds one day and then 19 another. It happened to weigh 16 pounds. But even 16 pounds seems kind of heavy to me. That was just a couple of notebooks (5 subject, though), 5 lb. laptop, charger, pens, TI-30, and then all my clothes and such.