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- From: jet@boxer.nas.nasa.gov (J. Eric Townsend)
- Subject: Re: Courier bag: Do you have one?
- In-Reply-To: fussy@hairball.Eng.Sun.COM's message of 20 Jan 1993 23:50:39 GMT
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- Organization: Numerical Aerodynamic Simulation, NASA Ames
- Date: 20 Jan 93 22:51:19
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- The following notes regard my caribou-brand *bicyclists* courier bag.
- It has a should strap and a belly strap. (And a few places to put
- things like tire pump, quick-release seat, etc. :-)
-
- "fussy" == Tom Fussy <fussy@hairball.Eng.Sun.COM> writes:
- fussy> 1) Are they prone to buffeting in the wind on the highway?
-
- Not with the belly strap on.
-
- fussy> 2) Are they comfortable? Do you forget you have it on?
-
- On my CB750 (RIP), with an upright riding position, I loosened the strap
- until the bag rested partially on the seat behind me. I'd forget it
- was there. On my R100R, and when hunched over on the CB, it was
- noticible if I had it crammed full of junk (which was how it usually
- worked :-)
-
- fussy> 3) Are they suited to all riding positions, i.e. do they work as well
- fussy> on sport bikes (lay down riding position) as on cruisers, and
- fussy> everything in between?
-
- see #2. IMHO, it's only usefull on upright/cruiser. That's in part because
- my back is an unhappy camper.
-
-
- fussy> 4) Do you like yours? Is it practical
- fussy> and usefull?
-
- ayup. I use it as a catchall, but then again, I've carried backpacks
- for the past 8 years. I like it more than a traditional "college
- backpack".
-
- --
- J. Eric Townsend -- jet@nas.nasa.gov -- 415.604.4311 (DoD# 0378)
- "It is the cunning of form to veil itself continually in the evidence
- of content. It is the cunning of the code to veil itself and to produce
- itself in the obviousness of value." -- Baudrillard
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