riding with a bag

[marvellous]

I bought my Chrome Metro and shortly thereafter had to buy one for my fiance because she loved mine so much...

Definately +1 a year later

[herm]

hey all...........

sierra trading post has some timbuk2 messenger bags for killer deals (45.00 or so)
colors and supplies are limited.

[cstlwtr]

The Kriega R25 pack with the Kube Pockets, it rocks!  It is the best pack I have owned bar none.  You will forget you're wearing it.  It's really that good.  Check out Aerostitch online.

I holds more than you would expect it could.

[Jarvicious]

The GF has a chrome something-or-other (pretty friggin huge) that she wears when we're on the bike and it can hold a ton.  A friend of mine had a Timbuk2 in college and you could wear that thing in a torrential downpour and not have a problem.  I think you can find them a little cheaper than the Chrome as well.  Also, whenever I wear her chrome, the buckle in the front always bugs me.  I just can't get used to it.  On longer trips I have an old REI bag that is rediculously comfortable.  It does scratch the rear cowl a bit (haven't found a bag that doesn't) but I forget I'm wearing it sometimes and I have NO problems in the wind with it.  If you go with a two strap pack (as opposed to a messenger bag) having a sternum strap is key.  The waste belt is nice too, though i could see where if it was positioned wrong it could be pretty uncomfortable.  I don't know how big the REI is exactly, but I've taken it on three day weekends before, no probs (with the exception of that one time I MAY have left the top open and I MAY have lost my toiletries).

[triangleforge]

I use an Ortlieb messenger bag that refuses to die despite a decade of almost daily, hard use on bicycle & motorcycle. Most everyone I know has been through three to five of the Chrome/Timbuk/other bags in that time period.  They're made of the same hypalon-like material as whitewater drybags & rafts, and have a roll-top closure like a WW drybag, so they're truly waterproof.

Unfortunately, they don't make the single-shoulder one that I like anymore, though bike couriers all over DC were switching to the two-shoulder version you'll find here:

http://www.ortliebusa.com/cartgenie/prodList.asp?scat=11

I love mine, and the only downside of its absurdly Teutonic over-engineering is that I kinda wouldn't mind a different color, but I can't justify a new bag with this one still chugging along. Fortunately, the slick surface is great for stickers (I think I'm up to 15 "I Voted" stickers at the moment), so the theme changes every few months...

[dutchy73]

im looking to buy a bag to carry all my stuff in when I'm cruising around the city.  I'm leaning heavily toward the chromebags Ivan roll top bag.  If you guys carry a bag what bag do you carry?

here is a whole thread on the subject: http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=8056.0