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My New Timbuk2

I watched the totally awesome movie Quicksilver the other day. It changed my life.

No, but it is about bike messengers and I just got a new messenger bag for my birthday hooray!

(This is actually way better)

Actually, I got a lot of goodies for my birthday this year. Not only did my special someone get me tickets to a most wonderful Andrew Bird show, she also got me a sweet new bag. At first, I didn't think I needed one. My orange Adidas backpack, although not so attractive, has gotten a lot of use lately, and I could usually cram a decent amount of stuff in it. But now I can take so much more crap, and I just love that option.

This Timbuk2 size large bag is perfect for the person who rides an Xtracycle and a road bike. When I take the Trek on the Metra I always have it with me, and it usually has a few changes of clothes, bike tools and lights, a few notebooks and textbooks and anything else I want to throw in it at the last minute. It's a messenger bag so it's designed to be used on a bike, which makes riding in the city with it on pretty convenient. But the real purpose was to have a good, large waterproof bag for my Big Dummy. Backpacks fit nicely in one of the four spots in the back, but nobody is going to carry two backpacks around because they have a ton of stuff. The messenger bag is wider and as you can see, it looks like it was made to plop right into the xtracycle bag.

So far I have used it to carry anything from only two books to filling it up almost completely, and it has worked out great. I had it out in some heavy rain last weekend and everything was dry like it should be. They're also built to last, and I don't expect to buy a new one. Ever.

oh it is on !

I fiiiiinally got the pizzaloader set up after going on a screw rampage. It's nice and snug with the countersinking/longer screw combo. Tomorrow I'll be testing her out in the real world.

Whatever would I do without DK's great artistic abilities?? This puppy is one of a kind.

I bet you the goomba gets it