Messenger Bag Convert

Ok, ok, ok… I am now a bike messenger bag convert.  I know, in my very first post to the JCC titled Hello World, I posted that messenger bags were not for me.  Well…I have now a seen the light. The first bag I purchased was from Sette Quest, which I bought from Price Point.  Don’t waist your energy on this bag or your money, because you do get what you pay for.  Actually, everything that I bought from Price Point has been replaced with better gear.  This is not a ding on Price Point, I have just learned a few lessons about bike gear since I started biking everywhere.  I will continue to use Price Point to look for deals and plan on checking them out in the future.

I started eyeing different bags after I realized the Sette Quest bag had a quick release buckle, which is pretty standard for most bike messenger bags.   I checked out Chrome, Crumpler and finally settled on the Timbuk2 Medium Classic Messenger bag for no other reason than I could not pass up a good deal at REI.

My Timbuk2 Medium Classic Messenger Bag

The bag is extremely comfortable on my back and it’s made for people like me.  People that use there bike for short trips to get around town.  Last week I went to the Dekalb Farmer’s Market, loaded up the bag with produce and then road off into the sunset to the Avondale MARTA Station.  The bag was definitely heavy but generally comfortable I did feel something poking me though the bag, and I could never figure out what it was, I will have to do a few more test runs with groceries before I can finally give it a seal of approval.

Recently, I subscribed to Chainlove, which is a site run by the folks at BackCountry and the site is truly for bike lovers and people who love to buy gear or need gear.  Chain love sells one item at a time at a ridiculously low price until it is sold out and then they move on to the next piece of gear.  If you need gear check them out.  Last week I ordered a Timbuk2 X-small Messenger bag from Chainlove (See Below) I needed a smaller bag for my every day bike trips that don’t require a larger bag.

My Timbuk2 X-Small Classic Messenger Bag

The bag arrived yesterday and although I think it’s a cool bag the X-Small does not not come with a cross strap, the strap helps with stabilization and was a little challenging on my ride home last night because it was sliding.

Basically the bag is the perfect size when you don’t have a huge load.