Ok so I got the fore-arm tattoos, the beard, ratty smelly wool jersey, black dickies rolled up and just picked up a chrome bag; what more do I need to look like a messenger?

I just upgraded to a chrome bag (the one size smaller then the kremlin). This bag is freaking huge, when I picked it up my old bag only took up about 1/3 of the room inside. I was looking for something I could live out of for at least a week and this is it. It's pretty comfortable, but I kinda wish there was some padding on the back, my metal lunch box has been biting into my back. I absolutely love it.

Does anyone have any tips or secrets they use to get more out of their chrome bag?

Oh, I don't know... A radio and license number?

Chrome, no...but generally for unpadded bags (I believe Pacs are padded, no?), you can throw a nice little layer in there against your back. If you're a cycle commuter like yours truly, that means your daily change of clothes. Otherwise something as simple as a towel will soften up the corners on that mean old lunchbox without too serious a weight penalty.

hmm i have been thinking a little bit about putting some sort of thin foam in my chrome bag under the tarp-ish inner liner. my hesitation is that this bag makes my back sweaty enough as it is
a trick if you dont like the chrome seatbelt buckle or get sick of people hitting it when yer not looking its easy to stretch a piece of old 26 inch tube over the buckle.. the rubber stretches enough so that you can still open just fine but now people wont see it.. and are not tempted
and if you dig around you can find a few other places that might make a better stash pocket then the one everyone knows about

um, a messenger job and stop complaining?

A hoopty Frood always knows where his towel is... </geek>

-Trevor

Don't panic.

that's the only sensible thing anyone's said to me all day.

don't panic.

too bad they've cast ford as a rapper.

Paging the resident posenger... paging the resident posenger... paging...

That'll get a response from 90% of the posters on the singlespeed & fixed gear forum.

Now if he had a blog with bad poetry....

Quiet, roadie!!!

this is the most ridiculous thread i have ever read....that doesn't have any pie references in it. stop being so obsessed with what you look like, tool.

yeah-
half my writings suck. But you just plain suck, Don D. Ride your Bike E back to your corner and make me money.

Note:
Get ready for Don D stories of amazement!
He rode track 300 years ago!
He had a track bike made of Roman swords!
Ohhh Ahhhh!

NO ONE CARES...go back in your hole Don D.

alright what!?!? do I smell a troll?

either way, I usually stick a sweater in the back of my bag to act as padding.

Yea! crotch breath. If you made nearly as much judging poetry as you do on the corner, 165 and I would have us some nice Vanilla track rides.

my, my, such a sensitive lot.

I didn't know the little crank had a blog or wrote poetry, but, if the shoe fits...

...stick it back up your ass?
Don't be such a troll.

we win.

you lose.

Umm...
Blogs are blogs....
If your brain dumps earn you 100G per year, then they are proprietary info, if not, they are blogs.

Ah yes, the classic posenger story. Well I've got a variation. You see, I have these two friends, one is a TOTAL posenger, with the biggest bag you can buy, the hat, the everything. He lives a vicarious life via every messenger he can get his hands on, talks the talk etc.... and he works at a coffee shop.
The there's my other friend. He's the kind of guy who says "gear thingy" instead of chain ring. He doesn't seem to care that his chain is a deep rust red and makes horrible noises every thime he peddles. He has a VERY ****** old treck with the fenders zip-tied to various points to stay on, he wairs a baja-fresh baseball cap and dress slacks, his idea of maintinance is wiping the mud off the wheels.... and he is a bicycle delivery boy. He uses his bike for work EVERY DAY, and constantly makes fun of the posenger friend because he's, well, a real 'messenger'... I think he keeps his bike crappy just to spite us velo-dudes.

I guess you have to be there but it's damn funny seeing them together.

Pfffft! Seriously laughing my ass off here...

you need a shirt with a good slogan like

(front) its not a job

(back) its a fashion statement

I think old navy is releasing that shirt on their posenger line later this year.

I don't know about anybody else here but, riding a fix, I actively try to avoid looking like a messenger 'cos I'm not one. There are aspects of my riding gear that I guess are similar to what the couriers wear but I wear what I want because its comfortable. I respect the couriers in Glasgow and I guess I don't think its cool to try and identify yourself as something you're not.....

It seems no one has a sense of humor at this forum:



He even included the winky...

Speaking of trolls, I thought the start of the thread was a troll: "what more do I need to look like a messenger?"

It is funny how many people completely go off on "cagers," or those who do not respect cyclist rights, but is someone makes even a remotely deprecating remark about anything related to being a messenger, even if in jest, then god help them.

one day the ships will come for us

yeah, maybe we should start painting Smiley Faces on Copperhead rounds. That would make it all the better when we fire them into Fallujah. And then when the Iraqi Insurgents retaliate, we can say - "Hey, didn't you see the smiley face painted on the round that smoked your family? Jeez...lighten up"
Thanks for the tip.