Re: [CR] What REAL bike messengers use and buy in San Francisco

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Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:32:00 -0700
From: "dodger" <dodger@earlstirling.com>
To: Mark Petry <mark@petry.org>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] What REAL bike messengers use and buy in San Francisco


If I was travelling outside of the Bay Area, a Timbuk2 bag was almost always a positive idea for an SF'er.

Still got mine from 1997, and use it daily as my bike bag!

-dodger liking the 'Ripple proof liner, since '98 --

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"Be conservative in what you do; be liberal in what you accept from others." -Jon Postel

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 8:03 AM, Mark Petry <mark@petry.org> wrote:
> No discussion of bicycle messenger bags would be complete without a mention
> of Manhattan Portage! Their website says "since 1983".
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> My personal opinion is that the messenger world took a turn for the worse
> when Timbuk2 discontinued their cool REFLECTIVE bag because the Scotchlite
> material was urethane based.
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> I have 3 or 4 of them "in stock" - taking offers :- )
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> Mark Petry
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> Bainbridge Island, WA