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

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From: "Phil Brown" <philcycles@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:57:30 -0700
To: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] What REAL bike messengers use and buy in San Francisco


On Sep 23, 2009, at 10:35 AM, jeffrey piwonka wrote:
> 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
> fo/classicrendezvous
>
>

Also Ric's Cycle Sacs from New Your, the pattern that timbuk2 used for their bags. In San Francisco real messengers used single speed balloon tire bikes with front baskets and a bottle of Ripple in their pockets. Phil Brown Worked down the street from Mercury-boy, was that a mis-named company-Delivery in San Francisco, not Oakland. Calif.