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London Bicycle Messenger Association: Cool bags and wet feet

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      CommentAuthorselim
    • CommentTimeJan 8th 2008
     
    I just started my courier job today and was wondering where can I get a nice tasty courier bag that isn't £200?

    And how do you pros stop your feet from getting wet during the rainy season?
    • CommentAuthorsleepy
    • CommentTimeJan 8th 2008
     
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      CommentAuthorIron Eye
    • CommentTimeJan 8th 2008 edited
     
    You can buy my bag off me for £500. I will sprinkle it with cocoa powder and sugar. Thus it will meet your speifications of not being £200 and being 'nice and tasty'.
    • CommentAuthoroverdrive
    • CommentTimeJan 9th 2008
     
    Rainy season?As opposed to what?
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    Selim, if you want a cheap but decent bag, most people would recommend the Chrome Kremlin. Or you could just buy a post office workers bag for £10.

    Bag-a-Boo, Pac, BagJack, Reload and the rest of the other custom bags really are worth the money.
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      CommentAuthorselim
    • CommentTimeJan 9th 2008
     
    Thanks I'll check them out.

    Also the shopping bags on your feet work great. Shoes get wet but feet are warm and dry.
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      CommentAuthorIron Eye
    • CommentTimeJan 10th 2008 edited
     
    Overshoes are better than plastic bags. They cost around £20 and won't last more than a year if you use them very frequently, but it's worth the money to keep your feet and shoes dry. They're better with clipless pedals, as they're difficult to get into straps and will be torn apart by platforms.

    Shoes start to smell bad when they get wet often, and I don't think they last as long. Best to keep 'em dry, then you don't have to remember to put them on the radiator when you get home.

    I don't know how good Chrome bags are but I'd go for one with an extra shoulder strap (i.e. Bagaboo or Pac) to spread the weight over both shoulders, it's a boon if you get asked to carry nuff lever arch files or a heavy box.
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    anyone still using Seal Skinz waterproof socks? I has mixed results using these ie feet still got wet but were still nice and warm, but that was years ago.

    Are the newer versions any better?
    • CommentAuthorifbm
    • CommentTimeJan 10th 2008
     
    I know the gloves work, hands completely dry.
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    I found my feet and hands smelt worse than anything describable with SS. Wet shoes? Remember to pack with newspaper and keep away from radiator - I ruined my fave Carnacs doing exactly the opp.

    I got Endura overshoes, and they keep feet nice and warm, if not totally waterproof. But if plastic bags work for you, stick with them!
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      CommentAuthorjontyponty
    • CommentTimeJan 10th 2008
     
    or just wrap the bags round your shoe as well, and clip in through them. looks a bit stupid but less sweaty and no wet shoes.
    • CommentAuthoroverdrive
    • CommentTimeJan 10th 2008
     
    Overdrive's overshoes are also endura,the neoprene ones. Also do the newspaper thing it works fine.
    Overdshoes also give your cycling shoes a nice clean.
    By the way it's gonna f*cking piss down today!!!!
    • CommentAuthorsleepy
    • CommentTimeJan 10th 2008
     
    yes, you have just been proved correct.
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    Miserable day. Respect to anyone that works the whole day out in this!
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      CommentAuthorselim
    • CommentTimeJan 10th 2008
     
    Shopping bags failed today. Either going to have to upgrade to thicker rubbish bags.

    Sticking shoes on the rad shouldn't wreck them. I have 2 pairs of shoes that have been with me for 3+ years and I've always stuck them on the rad after they get wet or have been in the washing machine.
    • CommentAuthorpapillon
    • CommentTimeJan 12th 2008
     
    Worked on friday but was wearing my new gore-tex socks...better than over-shoes and seal skinz put together...they fit over your socks, not much of a foot shape 'cos of the gore-tex material but my feet were dry all day (ok maybe a bit damp from sweating) so i recommend them...i think you can only get them on the internet ,from any website that sells outdoor stuff...full name's Trekmates Amphibian GORE-TEX.
    Not sure how they'll keep after wearing, washing and all but can't be worse than the sealskinz.
    Oh! and they cost 20 quid.
    • CommentAuthorsleepy
    • CommentTimeJan 13th 2008
     
    condor used to sell these, they are very good. if used with a thin sock underneath and waterproof trousers which seal onto the sock your feet should stay properly dry. if your calves are exposed above the sock the water will run into them. i know a few people who said they had issues with "having to cut their toenails", ie their talons pierced the end. not that i ever had that problem. and papillon- handwash!
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      CommentAuthorzero cc
    • CommentTimeJan 26th 2008
     
    full mudguards!
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    Only nancy boys complain about getting wet feet.
    And only posers with problem hairstyles use mud-guards.
    As for bags, I've never seen anything wrong with a small version of the plastic-coated jute things that always used to carry Grauniad logos in the OYB days (he said, checking his £100 bag was still under his seat in the internet Cafe)
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      CommentAuthorselim
    • CommentTimeJan 27th 2008
     
    Managed to get an XL Timbuk2 bag for £56 (inc. shipping from US) from ebay. Just need to make a radio holder and I'm sorted.
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    Oh the halcyon days of the Grauniad bag!

    >sigh<
    • CommentAuthorNhattattacK
    • CommentTimeFeb 16th 2008 edited
     
    Bambi (my mate in NYC) swears by waterproof socks. I don't know how much they are in pounds, but they're about $50. Having said this, he brow beat my friend into getting them and he claims that only the left one worked, and his right foot was well wet and miserable.

    A general plug on bags...

    I worked with a Post bag for th first few months. It was big and free, and it meant that if I decided that being a courier was a bad plan it didn't really matter.
    I then switched to a cathrine newell, which wasn't really worth anything. They arn't waterproof, they only have one strap, and they're crap.
    I now ride during the week with a pac, which is so worth it. Get one if you find yourself flush at all (or get a job at a company that sells them for cheaper, IE metro or cyclone).
    During the weekends I use a bagjack backpack I won from London Calling, it's HUGE and very water proof, with the inner lining coming out and all the inner pockets being velcro-ed in so you can move them, but I prefer to work with a sling bag.

    There a couple of dinar for you

    As for radio holders, talk to House of Pistard, I heard a rumour he's making more of his uber cool ones.
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    Rumour? You sure it wasn't a drunken mumble?
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      CommentAuthorselim
    • CommentTimeFeb 17th 2008 edited
     
    The Timbuk2 has worked well these past few weeks and when I'm back in uni I have no doubt the bag will be useful for fitting whatever bits and bobs I'll need during the day.

    As for the radio holder, it's way more fun to make your own. I used duct tape.

    http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1589/dsc01347oy5.jpg

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