All this talk about messenger bags make me think of fixie faddists.
No one has mentioned "fanny packs" from the 1970s. Remember the bags that rode just above your hips in the rear and were held on with a strap around your waist?
They were great because unlike a backpack, they didn't trap much body heat and perspiration.
Chas. Colerich retrogrouch Oakland, CA USA
John Betmanis wrote:
> Well, to steer this thread back on topic and away from bike messenger or
> Carnaby Street haute couture, the only kind of bag a REAL CYCLIST would
> carry is a bonk bag.
>
> This one costs 1/10 of the one from Brooks.
> http://www.rapha.cc/
>
> "Back in the day" these were home made from striped deck chair material,
> patterned after the throw-away musettes handed out at feeding stations
> in road races.