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  • Timbuk2 Bags
  • tails
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    Would the large size be the best bet for carrying

    innertube, pump, mini tool, levers, wallet, mobile, d lock, trainers, tshirt, socks, shorts, glasses sometimes lunch?

    thanks

    fingerbike
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    I get all that quite comfortably in a medium, can be a bit snug with shoes and a lunchbox but it'll go…

    tails
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    Who brings them into the uk or do they only have retailers?

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    bigdawg
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    youd get that lot into a small one…

    A large will carry mini tool kit, my (not insignificant) lunch, pump, tubes, suntan lotion, work clothes, change of riding clothes, w/proof jacket, shoes, phone, DVDs Ive sold on ebay, towel, shower gel, 1 litre bottle of water and Ive still got room if I needed it…

    And its been doing stuff liek this nearly every day for the last 15 years…!

    rOcKeTdOg
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    CHarlie the bike Monger does their stuff I think, still use my courier bag every day, 7years old now and still going strong

    tails
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    Really as I'm looking at the size in litres and the medium is 24 litres which is the same size as a Eastpak Padded Pak'r, which can take the above but rather begrudgingly. That's why I looked the large, maybe I'll take all the above along to a shop to try.

    tails
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    yeah I saw them on charlies website, I'm looking at the lightweight fabric range which he did not have.

    HoratioHufnagel
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    i've got a large and it can be too heavy when fully loaded, especially as it pulls down on one side of you neck. it really is quite big. I often use mine for weekends away (off the bike).

    austen
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    I've a selection of them picked up over the years. I find on my daily commute with clothes, file, tools etc (generally not shoes) that the medium is spot on. If you carry the shoes every day I'd go for a large, but when it's relatively empty I found mine keeps sliding around my back instead of staying put – hence I picked up a medium in the US last year.

    Great bags, had my oldest 10 years+ and still barely worn in.

    tails
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    Do they just sit like a paperboy bag would sit or is there more too it like clips etc.

    ctznsmith
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    @tails not entirely sure what you mean but it depends on how long you have the strap. I have mine quite short so it's higher up my back which I find more comfortable with all the crap I stuff in it. There is also a cross strap to keep it in place.

    tails
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    Where does the cross strap sit, across your bell/chest area?

    bigdawg
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    goes across the chest and under your arm – stops mine moving about when Im riding, always has done…

    alexxx
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    why dont people use rucksacks?
    (not trolling)

    ctznsmith
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    For the record I like my Timbuk2 (large) and I'm amazed with what I can fit in it and how hard wearing it is, but if I was buying again I'd consider trying some other messenger bags out there where the strap/chest strap system seems like it might be more comfortable/less susceptible to movement if you don't have it all super tight and which have a back pad in them…probably cost more though.

    ctznsmith
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    @alexxx I find loads in rucksacks tend to shift to the bottom and pull downwards off my back (or give the feeling of this) even with a chest/waist strap. With a messenger bag the loads are held higher up my back and against me better with a smaller contact patch from bag/straps.

    tails
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    why dont people use rucksacks?

    When I first started commuting any distance over a couple of miles I found the rucksack makes my back sweat alot and panniers just made the bike feel like a barge and I could not ride no handed on the open sections as it pulled to one side.

    toppers3933
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    i carry prteey much that exact list of stuff most days. i have 2 mediums, one of which is 14 years old and still looks as good as the other, which is 18months old. theyre ace.

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