Courier "Man Bag" Bag or Rucksac Sweaty Back

King Donut

prawny wrote:

King Donut wrote:

prawny wrote:

I go for massive seat bag every time 8)

They make me nervous!

Nervous? Why? In a backs against the wall way?

Haha! No, I just wouldn't like anything that heavy hanging ominously over my back wheel. Is it only attached to the seatpost?

Good to see the ruksaks are coming back...

greg66_tri_v2.0

NGale wrote:

Courier bags are for ponces :roll: sweat like a man for heavens sake

Easy way to do that: make yourself a skin suit out of bins bags, and wear it underneath a few layers of windproof non-breathable clothing.

Then get on a turbo in an unventilated room.

woodyonthebeach

Greg66 wrote:

NGale wrote:

Courier bags are for ponces :roll: sweat like a man for heavens sake

Easy way to do that: make yourself a skin suit out of bins bags, and wear it underneath a few layers of windproof non-breathable clothing.

Then get on a turbo in an unventilated room.

with the heating on and drinking warm water......

lost_in_thought

Ahahahaha!

Courier bag = satchel.

I'm with CJCP on this one.

Next cycling fad - Duffel Coats.

jedster

Much as Iike Rapha stuff (Hello, my names Jedster and I admit it, I like Rapha) that musette thing IS a satchel.

The other thing that courier bags say is "paper round". Go on, deny it!

Apart from DDD's Knog, that says "full nappy".


:twisted:

J

prawny

King Donut wrote:

prawny wrote:

King Donut wrote:

prawny wrote:

I go for massive seat bag every time 8)

They make me nervous!

Nervous? Why? In a backs against the wall way?

Haha! No, I just wouldn't like anything that heavy hanging ominously over my back wheel. Is it only attached to the seatpost?

Yeah it's a Klixfix bracket that you have to press a red lever and lift up and off so it's pretty sturdy. It can be a pain when the bag's really full, you have to squish it against the seat to fit it, and it means no carbon seatposts for me

prawny

jedster wrote:

Much as Iike Rapha stuff (Hello, my names Jedster and I admit it, I like Rapha) that musette thing IS a satchel.

The other thing that courier bags say is "paper round". Go on, deny it!

Apart from DDD's Knog, that says "full nappy".


:twisted:

J

I saw my next door neigbours kid with a bright yellow paper bag, I thought that would be perfect for commuting, I was going to get him to let me have it and tell the paper shop it had been stolen :twisted:

blu3cat

Man Bag / Courier Bag / Satchel / Fakenger Bag or whatever you want to call it.

Comfy, less sweaty, and it looks better carrying round if you've changed.

On an aside, is Isambard Kingdom Brunel's top hat a cat or a helmet?

greg66_tri_v2.0

jedster wrote:

The other thing that courier bags say is "paper round". Go on, deny it!

:twisted:

J

Right.

That does it.

Panniers. What do they say? I'll tell you what they say. They say couple in their early 60s riding touring bikes around unappealing parts of the UK or mainland Europe, camping in nudist colonies.

*That's* what panniers say about a person. :twisted:

jedster

Panniers. What do they say? I'll tell you what they say. They say couple in their early 60s riding touring bikes around unappealing parts of the UK or mainland Europe, camping in nudist colonies.

First, Greg, I'd just point out that you haven't denied the paper round issue. Cos you can't.

Second,
I admit I'm struggling to rebut your cycle tourist jibe

J

the_hundredth_idiot

jashburnham wrote:

The Hundredth Idiot wrote:

I'm a recent convert to the man bag/messenger bag fad. I now have three!
>> a Rapha Musette which I use most days - .

So someone has actually bought one of these!

The only thing I can say in my defence is that I didn't pay full price for it. So just paid far too much rather than cough, choke, you have to be having a laugh it's just a piece of fabric too much. :?

And I think the XS Timbuk2 (£20 less) that Condor had in would probably have been a better value buy. But I like the satchel look - reminds me of the good old days pushing the nerds heads down the toilet then flushing.

Greg T

lost_in_thought wrote:

Courier bag = satchel.

Next cycling fad - Duffel Coats.

I think that swapping out your isotonic sports drink branded super high tech water bottles for 1/3 pint bottles of warm milk you drink with a straw at break time will be the next big thing.

Chris Hoy takes two apparently AND doesn't return the bottles to the crate like Teacher instructs. He's nails.

cjcp

Greg66 wrote:

jedster wrote:

The other thing that courier bags say is "paper round". Go on, deny it!

:twisted:

J

Right.

That does it.

Panniers. What do they say? I'll tell you what they say. They say couple in their early 60s riding touring bikes around unappealing parts of the UK or mainland Europe, camping in nudist colonies.

*That's* what panniers say about a person. :twisted:

Spot on.

But at least they don't look like paper boys/girls? :twisted:

greg66_tri_v2.0

cjcp wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

jedster wrote:

The other thing that courier bags say is "paper round". Go on, deny it!

:twisted:

J

Right.

That does it.

Panniers. What do they say? I'll tell you what they say. They say couple in their early 60s riding touring bikes around unappealing parts of the UK or mainland Europe, camping in nudist colonies.

*That's* what panniers say about a person. :twisted:

Spot on.

But at least they don't look like paper boys/girls? :twisted:

Given the choice between looking like a wholesome child exercising his work ethic to earn some extra money (no doubt to give to old people and charidees), or looking like an aged pervert whose only regret in life is the absence of a pocket for their Werthers Originals, I think I'll go with option 1. :P

DonDaddyD

In the chronologically challeneged Gregg66's case actually looking like a paper is quite something.

Rucksacks aren't cool, never will be. Back when I went to school in the 90s kids had record bags (essentially courier bags). The kids that had those were cool and had marginal control over what Mummy bought them to wear to school. DJ's the coolest of the cool professions used them (well they actually used flight cases which are like Panniers... I've mooted my own point.

My Knog Bag looks cool and its comfortable so middle finger to all of you Eminem style!

lost_in_thought

cjcp wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

jedster wrote:

The other thing that courier bags say is "paper round". Go on, deny it!

:twisted:

J

Right.

That does it.

Panniers. What do they say? I'll tell you what they say. They say couple in their early 60s riding touring bikes around unappealing parts of the UK or mainland Europe, camping in nudist colonies.

*That's* what panniers say about a person. :twisted:

Spot on.

But at least they don't look like paper boys/girls? :twisted:

So, to extrapolate, a middle-aged bloke with a courier bag = desperately clinging to youth, trying to look hip and groovy like the kids.

A middle aged bloke with panniers = given up trying to be cool and embraced a life of drudgery and boredom.

There must be a middle ground............... some kind of rucksack, maybe?

DonDaddyD

lost_in_thought wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

jedster wrote:

The other thing that courier bags say is "paper round". Go on, deny it!

:twisted:

J

Right.

That does it.

Panniers. What do they say? I'll tell you what they say. They say couple in their early 60s riding touring bikes around unappealing parts of the UK or mainland Europe, camping in nudist colonies.

*That's* what panniers say about a person. :twisted:

Spot on.

But at least they don't look like paper boys/girls? :twisted:

So, to extrapolate, a middle-aged bloke with a courier bag = desperately clinging to youth, trying to look hip and groovy like the kids.

A middle aged bloke with panniers = given up trying to be cool and embraced a life of drudgery and boredom.

There must be a middle ground............... some kind of rucksack, maybe?

SHAME ON YOU! Middle ground is a compromise. Sounds like surrender to me!! If you're that willing to give up your principles you may as well go barefoot and pregnant with DonDon's child :oops:

I think you should give up the Maxima to someone more deserving!

lost_in_thought

DonDaddyD wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

So, to extrapolate, a middle-aged bloke with a courier bag = desperately clinging to youth, trying to look hip and groovy like the kids.

A middle aged bloke with panniers = given up trying to be cool and embraced a life of drudgery and boredom.

There must be a middle ground............... some kind of rucksack, maybe?

SHAME ON YOU! Middle ground is a compromise sounds like surrender to me!!!!

I think you should give up the Maxima to someone more deserving!

Do I look like a middle-aged bloke? :twisted:

DonDaddyD

lost_in_thought wrote:

DonDaddyD wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

So, to extrapolate, a middle-aged bloke with a courier bag = desperately clinging to youth, trying to look hip and groovy like the kids.

A middle aged bloke with panniers = given up trying to be cool and embraced a life of drudgery and boredom.

There must be a middle ground............... some kind of rucksack, maybe?

SHAME ON YOU! Middle ground is a compromise sounds like surrender to me!!!!

I think you should give up the Maxima to someone more deserving!

Do I look like a middle-aged bloke? :twisted:

Yes! When you're commuting and have turned your crank once thus achieveing 25+mph all your womanly bits become a blur... the only thing I recognise are the panniers so I automatically recognise you as a middle age block addicted to Werthers Originals who may possibly be a nudist..... :shock:

Once you've stopped, different story.....

greg66_tri_v2.0

lost_in_thought wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

jedster wrote:

The other thing that courier bags say is "paper round". Go on, deny it!

:twisted:

J

Right.

That does it.

Panniers. What do they say? I'll tell you what they say. They say couple in their early 60s riding touring bikes around unappealing parts of the UK or mainland Europe, camping in nudist colonies.

*That's* what panniers say about a person. :twisted:

Spot on.

But at least they don't look like paper boys/girls? :twisted:

So, to extrapolate, a middle-aged bloke with a courier bag = desperately clinging to youth, trying to look hip and groovy like the kids.

A middle aged bloke with panniers = given up trying to be cool and embraced a life of drudgery and boredom.

There must be a middle ground............... some kind of rucksack, maybe?

Mneee, mnee, mnee, mneee.

Haven't you got somewhere else you need to be? :evil: :P

PS. Doesn't everyone know that Werthers are used for grooming? :shock:

Finbar Saunders

Rucksack on my road bike, seat post attached rack on my MTB when commuting and a rack on my commuter/kid-mobile. But I am thinking about moving to rucksack on MTB as well as my heels keep clipping the pannier and it is a pain to remove for proper weekend MTB rides. Actually the same heel clipping happens on the kid-mobile, does anyone else have that problem with racks and panniers?

tardington

Finbar, you are really supposed to be insulting another poster right now.

(but you should be able to adjust the panner hooks so the pannier sits further back; on some it's not really obvious that it is possible, but it should be! I had terrible trouble when I moved down to an mtb with panniers)

Finbar Saunders

I'm a lover not a hater, so I do the double entendres not the insults! And the DE was done in the second post so I resisted the urge to lower the tone of the thread even further......(snide swipe all of the previous posters).

Thanks for the tip...will try to slide my bags a bit further back to see if that helps. Resist....resist.....

the_hundredth_idiot

lost_in_thought wrote:

So, to extrapolate, a middle-aged bloke with a courier bag = really cool and sexy, kind of like a bike-riding George Clooney.

Have we met? 8)

biondino

Matt_westmids wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Matt_westmids wrote:

cjcp wrote:

Matt_westmids wrote:

I have been using a man bag up until recently but from now on with the bike I will be carrying more stuff so have recently invested in one of these Rucksacks:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Deute ... 360017347/

Now, this is what I'm talking about! I gotta get me one of those bad boys.

Yep it looks quite swish and has rave reviews from the research I've done won't be using it now till Teusday thought otherwise I would of let you know how I got on with it.

Would be interested to know what you think of it. If I buy a new one, it needs to hold A4 lever arch files.

Just from looking at it. It will easily do this with room to spare. 8)

I have one and I've just checked - it easily fits A4 lever arch files. It's a great rucksack - my back does still get sweaty but less so; it holds a lot of stuff (22L) with an expandable bit; it has a rain hood hidden discreetly in a pocket underneath; it has good quality material and zips, several pockets in useful places, and isn't too heavy. Straps are comfy and well-placed. A thorough recommendation.

rolf_f

DonDaddyD wrote:

Rucksacks aren't cool, never will be.

DonDaddyD wrote:

My Knog Bag looks cool and its comfortable so middle finger to all of you Eminem style!

The problem is that your Knog bag is just a rucksack with one strap missing. Which makes it a crap rucksack!

Besides, anything with a name that makes it sound like you got it from Ikea is strictly associable with the middle aged, lost all purpose in life so spend the weekends shopping at Ikea demograph!

tardington

1) You have to be nice to DDD - one day he will rule us all :shock:

2) Unless you are killed by an ikea lover. I keep all my bits in those cheapy ikea multi-coloured trays...

rolf_f

tardie wrote:

You have to be nice to DDD - one day he will rule us all :shock:

I'm pretty sure he isn't allowed outside the M25 so I'm probably safe!

tardie wrote:

I keep all my bits in those cheapy ikea multi-coloured trays...

:shock: Yikes! You must have the worst case of saddle soreness ever!!

Jay dubbleU

lost_in_thought wrote:

Ahahahaha!

Courier bag = satchel.

I'm with CJCP on this one.

Next cycling fad - Duffel Coats.

Duffel coats went out with Noel Coward and 'The Cruel Sea'

Jay dubbleU

Greg66 wrote:

jedster wrote:

The other thing that courier bags say is "paper round". Go on, deny it!

:twisted:

J

Right.

That does it.

Panniers. What do they say? I'll tell you what they say. They say couple in their early 60s riding touring bikes around unappealing parts of the UK or mainland Europe, camping in nudist colonies.

*That's* what panniers say about a person. :twisted:

I am a bloke in his early 60's riding round parts of the UK so panniers suit me - they won't allow me into nudist colonies after the incident :shock: