Douchebags won one of the Eurobike Awards this week – n- no, it’s the name of their brand, we’re not slagging anyone off. It’s the name of the company: Douchebags! We just went to see them and they were very nice people. They’re from Norway and, following other luggage they’ve made for action sports equipment, are launching a foray into bike bags.
Working with people such as the Athertons and Team Sky, they’ve developed one for road bikes and one for mountain bikes. They’re full of neat features; here’s a walkthrough of the latter, The Trail:
David started mountain biking in the 90’s, by which he means “Ineptly jumping a Saracen Kili Racer off anything available in a nearby industrial estate”. After growing up and living in some extremely flat places, David moved to Yorkshire specifically for the mountain biking. This felt like a horrible mistake at first, because the hills are so steep, but you get used to them pretty quickly.
Previously, David trifled with road and BMX, but mountain bikes always won. He’s most at peace battering down a rough trail, quietly fixing everything that does to a bike, or trying to figure out if that one click of compression damping has made things marginally better or worse. The inept jumping continues to this day.
that looks like a brilliant bag. The name is a pity though.
The skateboard wheels is a great touch, nice yo see designers thinking about the longevity of their product.