H
hippy
Guest
17 May 2004
I feel so "messenger" today. After about 20 years of using a normal
backpack (about 10 riding with one) I finally tried something different
- a messenger bag. A Crumpler "Fux Deluxe" to be precise. $170aud from
the store in Lt. Burke street, Melbourne. It's a funky
black/orange/blue - I bought an old model which has horizontal AND
vertical reflective strips compared to the new model's single
horizontal one. The guy in the shop said that striping was the most
expensive thing on the bag. La dee daa
It feels different. That's all I can say about it, for now...
Of course I rode the GT SS in and popped nice little track stands at all
the lights to complete the messenger stylin' package. All I need now is
a radio and some tatts!
Cadence Wars.. After some discussion on a.b, I thought I'd see how fast
I could spin. Going down a hill on Whitehorse Rd. towards Box Hill on
the GT I counted my right leg pushing 32 times in about 10 seconds, for
a cadence of 192bpm. I say 'about 10 secs' because I was looking at my
watch for the timing. I'd get a bit faster with a more accurate method
of cadence measurement that didn't require one hand off the bars!
Time: 1:06 (about what I was doing before the Europe trip)
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I feel so "messenger" today. After about 20 years of using a normal
backpack (about 10 riding with one) I finally tried something different
- a messenger bag. A Crumpler "Fux Deluxe" to be precise. $170aud from
the store in Lt. Burke street, Melbourne. It's a funky
black/orange/blue - I bought an old model which has horizontal AND
vertical reflective strips compared to the new model's single
horizontal one. The guy in the shop said that striping was the most
expensive thing on the bag. La dee daa
It feels different. That's all I can say about it, for now...
Of course I rode the GT SS in and popped nice little track stands at all
the lights to complete the messenger stylin' package. All I need now is
a radio and some tatts!
Cadence Wars.. After some discussion on a.b, I thought I'd see how fast
I could spin. Going down a hill on Whitehorse Rd. towards Box Hill on
the GT I counted my right leg pushing 32 times in about 10 seconds, for
a cadence of 192bpm. I say 'about 10 secs' because I was looking at my
watch for the timing. I'd get a bit faster with a more accurate method
of cadence measurement that didn't require one hand off the bars!
Time: 1:06 (about what I was doing before the Europe trip)
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