Messenger bags are the future.

I don't know what it is but Messenger bags are awesome!!!
I finally got my Knog Presto messenger bag. I have never known such comfort from a bag.
Fact that I managed to fit all my rucksack stuff into it was amazing as it looks small at 19ltr. But golly its comfortable!
The big wide strap is comfortable and it hardly moves with or without the sternum strap.
I'm a big fan of the Knog stuff, in a big way. Cool looking quality stuff throughout their range!!!
I finally got my Knog Presto messenger bag. I have never known such comfort from a bag.
Fact that I managed to fit all my rucksack stuff into it was amazing as it looks small at 19ltr. But golly its comfortable!
The big wide strap is comfortable and it hardly moves with or without the sternum strap.
I'm a big fan of the Knog stuff, in a big way. Cool looking quality stuff throughout their range!!!
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A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
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A messenger bag is covered in oil and sweat.
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
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Does it have anything to strap across the front and stop it slipping around?
Yep, they are used for good reason. I love mine so much I have designed another, just waiting until I can actually afford it before confirming!
Got mine here:
http://reloadbags.com/index.php
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Yep, but its not needed the design is very stable on the back.
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
I had a nasty, brutish and short career as a courier back in the '90s and still have the bag (oil and sweat covered I might add), but I never use it.
I thought the rationale behind the courier bag is that they are the right size and shape to carry artwork, which is no longer a requirement of my daily commute. Therefore can't see the point in them...?
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Panniers on the other hand are a disaster - they make the whole bike feel heavy. If yuo have a "lively" bike, it won't be after you fit panniers, it no longer feels like you can nip smoothly between the traffic.
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Yes indeed - just got my first set of panniers from SJS - I am never going back to a backpack
I now swear by my 20 litre rucksack as the one shoulder strap thing trashes your torso in the end. It twists your back - seriously.
No end of shoulder spasms until I switched to 2 straps - more balance, more ergonomic yes more sweaty but ultimately more happy and therefore less grumpy / aggressive on the roads.
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I'm thinking either that or an SQR Glentress or Tour but I think they might be a bit big.
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I suppose people will always have different preferences. A couple of observations, however. I used to feel as you do, having used a cheap rack when I was a kid: bike swayed all over the road as the load oscillated on what was effectively a rack-shaped spring. Having now splashed out on a good-quality rigid rack and some good quality panniers to go with them, the bike feels little if any different to when unloaded.
Average speed and journey time, however, are completely unaffected. At the end of the day, you're carrying the same load, and the closer to the road and more rigidly you mount it, the less energy you'll use swinging it around.
A bar bag!!! A bag on the handlebars!!!???? A handlebar bag!???
DUDE!!!! WTF!!!! I nearly threw my computer out the window in a fit of rage!!!!
bags do not go on bars, bums or in the form of paniers. You're male!!!! Bags are meant to be slung over your mighty globe of a shoulder an effort that pays homage to the days when men used to carry women (back to their caves) in the same fashion.
I'm told up north that they still do this. Real mean what with the hairy back of the hands and knuckles that drag along the floor....
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
A bar bag!!! A bag on the handlebars!!!???? A handlebar bag!???
DUDE!!!! WTF!!!! I nearly threw my computer out the window in a fit of rage!!!!
bags do not go on bars, bums or in the form of paniers. You're male!!!! Bags are meant to be slung over your mighty globe of a shoulder an effort that pays homage to the days when men used to carry women (back to their caves) in the same fashion.
I'm told up north that they still do this. Real mean what with the hairy back of the hands and knuckles that drag along the floor....
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
Also I am from the black country(ish) so there are many times I do have a woman and/or a drunk stand up comedian to carry home
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Vitus Sentier VRS - 2017
I've stopped getting my shirts laundered near my office and am back to ironing them at home - at least for now. I've got one of those shirt-folding thingies which take an ironed shirt and allow you to fold it for travelling - the shirt only has a couple of creases when you unpack at the other end and they soon fall out. The shirt-folding thingy just fits in the rucksack but it is starting to look a little tatty at the edges as I have to bend it a little - a messenger bag looks like a better shape to hold it.
This one seems like it would fit perfectly and seems a pretty good price. Any thoughts (apart from the staggeringly bad name)?
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/cru ... g-ec011751
Its a pleasure to use it, a revelation! Honest!
A true scalp is not only overtaking someone but leaving them stopped at a set of lights. As you, who have clearly beaten the lights, pummels nothing but the open air ahead. ~ 'DondaddyD'. Player of the Unspoken Game
I use one atm and it has been excellent, and also holds far too much stuff!
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