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- From: nak@cbnews.cb.att.com (neil.a.kirby)
- Subject: Re: Courier bag: Do you have one?
- Organization: AT&T
- Distribution: na
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:37:16 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.143716.14519@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- References: <llrpafINNkp@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
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- In article <llrpafINNkp@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> fussy@hairball.Eng.Sun.COM writes:
- >
- >I have been thinking about replacing my trusty Marsee magnetic tank briefcase
- >with a courier bag. By courier bag I mean a largish portfolio looking thing
- >with a long strap for slinging over the shoulder. Aerostich makes one of these
- >as do some other companies. Before I invest my money, I thought I'd try and
- >get a few questions answered from any of you that use one:
-
- I use a Lands End cloth briefcase ($39, I think, from Lands End DIrect
- Merchants). It has a shoulder strap. I put the strap on my left shoulder
- with the bag hanging under my right arm (cross body). When I get on my
- bike, I put the bag on the seat behind me and fiddle with strap to get it
- to sit right. The trick is to get enough slack in the strap that the bag
- sits mostly on the seat. Too much slack has it falling off the seat and
- heading back under my right arm.
-
- >1) Are they prone to buffeting in the wind on the highway?
-
- Only a little. I don't have a problem with it.
-
- >2) Are they comfortable? Do you forget you have it on?
-
- Once I have the strap adjusted correctly.
-
- >3) Are they suited to all riding positions, i.e. do they work as well
- > on sport bikes (lay down riding position) as on cruisers, and everything
- > in between?
-
- You'd have to be upright to keep it from wanting to be in front instead
- of in back. I ride a BMW R100RS which has low bars and a forward lean.
- ANything more upright than that would be fine.
-
- >4) Do you like yours? Is it practical and usefull?
-
- Yes!
- Very practical, extremely useful.
-
- Mine is the same color (blue) as my Aerostitch suit. The whole get-up
- gives me the ability to cruise up to airports and park the bike in
- taxi/deivery areas. I tell the policeman that I have a delivery to the
- Delta counter or some such. Makes picking up tickets and the like real
- easy.
-
- Neil Kirby
-