Junk in the trunk

[KelOnWheels]

How do y’all prefer to lug your stuff to work and back?

I got a POE Vancouver bag since it’s supposed to be uber-waterproof… but forgot that everything always falls off my shoulders. I spent the whole ride home on Friday hunched over because it felt like the shoulder strap was sliding off. (it probably wasn’t, but it FELT like it.)

So I figured I’d ask the experts. Panniers? Backpack? Very small rack-mounted pack mule? What brands do you like?

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[KelOnWheels]

So why ARE bar-end shifters better/mechanically superior/more fixable than brifters?

Me, I know nothing.

[mstone]

@KelOnWheels 20649 wrote:

So why ARE bar-end shifters better/mechanically superior/more fixable than brifters?

Me, I know nothing.

It’s a simple pully on a single axis, without the combination of multiple functions into a bunch of moving parts.

[KelOnWheels]

Well that makes sense

[dcv]

@KelOnWheels 20647 wrote:

Mind you, I think fixies are hella cool looking and I want to try riding one as soon as possible, I just don’t think me and my jello legs could commute on one. Unless Arlington Ridge would like to obligingly sink into the earth. Oo, if it did that I could commute on that sugar skulls Electra Cruiser with the tassels on the handlebars that I secretly covet!

Secretly.

I used to think I couldn’t commute fixed either, I was wrong. I think that’s a great goal to set for yourself.

– a moron

[DismalScientist]

@dcv 20653 wrote:

I used to think I couldn’t commute fixed either, I was wrong. I think that’s a great goal to set for yourself.

– a moron

I am not anti-fixie. I only suggest that one puts on at least a front brake if you are going to ride in urban areas.

[KelOnWheels]

@dcv 20653 wrote:

I used to think I couldn’t commute fixed either, I was wrong. I think that’s a great goal to set for yourself.

– a moron

Goal set! We were admiring some fixies at CityBikes today

Also, I have decided to call all passes even when walking [ATTACH]1114[/ATTACH]

[pfunkallstar]

@KelOnWheels 20659 wrote:

Goal set! We were admiring some fixies at CityBikes today

Also, I have decided to call all passes even when walking [ATTACH]1114[/ATTACH]

Awesome, I wimped out and built up a 1×7 29er as my backup bike. What we need more of around here are belt-mounted air horns.

[KelOnWheels]

Definitely need some panniers!

Rode up to the grocery store today to grab some milk and a few other things… 10+ pounds in a messenger bag is WEIRD to ride with!

I feel much more stable with the weight down on the bike – I used to bike the C&O and CCT with a few gallon jugs of water strapped to the rack to take out to water stops for runners and that was much less weird.

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