backpack or messenger bag
01-07-10 | 09:46 PM
#52
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Joined: Oct 2009
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From: New Zealand
Bikes: '10 GT Gutterball
I got a North Face messenger bag a few months back and am really favouring it in the summer heat as it stops the sweaty back I used to get from a back pack. The stabalising strap is totally essential.
01-11-10 | 03:19 AM
#53
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From: Salt Lake City Utah
Bikes: Surly Long Haul Trucker
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01-11-10 | 06:10 AM
#55
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Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 24,360
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From: Ohio
Bikes: Surly Big Dummy, Fuji World, 80ish Bianchi
Thanks for all the options. I don't need to carry alot, just my lunch an a few odds and ends. My hybrid has a rear rack, which I love, but for commuting to work I will need to use my road bike(36 miles roundtrip) and my road bike doesn't have the stays on the frame. I'll check with my LBS or maybe get some of the p-clips.
As an added bonus, the rack helps minimize road spray up your back on wet pavement.
So easy, even a caveman could do it.
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"Let us hope our weapons are never needed --but do not forget what the common people knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny. If guns are outlawed, only the government will have guns. Only the police, the secret police, the military, the hired servants of our rulers. Only the government -- and a few outlaws. I intend to be among the outlaws" - Edward Abbey
Last edited by chipcom; 01-11-10 at 06:13 AM.
01-11-10 | 08:10 PM
#56
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Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 68
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From: East Bay, San Francisco Bay Area
I prefer a messenger bag. Always have. They are just more comfortable for me and I like how I can just swing it to the front if I need to get something out. You could always try a front rack, handlebar bag, or a bag that attaches to the back of your saddle. Its nice to go hands free some times.
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