Agreed on it all. Just something about the ability to throw it down while dressed in a second set of skins. Of course the flip side is that if you do kick their ass, they have to explain to the onlookers how a lycra-clad wuss got the better of them.

Ran into a couple brain surgeons last night who thought that a guy riding a bike with a mess. bag <must> be their paper boy. Nearly fell of my bike when they yelled for me to "toss it". Imagine their dismay when a 4" thick 3-ring binder would have hit their stoop.

Dave