one of the messengers here still uses an old beat up manhattan portage bag. some the of the other guys have stuff like the ortlieb rolltop backpacks, reload bags, freight baggage and some others...don't think any of them actaully use a timbuk or chrome bag...
Jeff Piwonka
Austin, Texas USA
> From: Mark Petry <mark@petry.org>
\r?\n> Subject: [CR] What REAL bike messengers use and buy in San Francisco
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 10:03 AM
\r?\n> No discussion of bicycle messenger
\r?\n> bags would be complete without a mention
\r?\n> of Manhattan Portage! Their website says "since
\r?\n> 1983".
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\r?\n> My personal opinion is that the messenger world took a turn
\r?\n> for the worse
\r?\n> when Timbuk2 discontinued their cool REFLECTIVE bag because
\r?\n> the Scotchlite
\r?\n> material was urethane based.
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\r?\n> I have 3 or 4 of them "in stock" - taking offers :-
\r?\n> )
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\r?\n> Mark Petry
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\r?\n> Bainbridge Island, WA