RE: [ST] ST new bags

["Rupert Galea" <rupert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Okay, after having a few days to think about them here's the deal for
me.
> The new ones are so fugling ugly I just don't see how they could have
> designed them any more heinously. However, the extra storage space
> would be nice. Just this AM I had to insert and re-insert 3x my bag
> into my pannier to get it to close. But from my point of view here's
the
> catch:
> the new one are too ugly to leave on the bike on a daily basis. For
> trips, yeah, great. For commuting, no way pontoon boy. So if I buy one
> what do I put all my shuff in? The old ones look, I dunno, well, they
> don't
> stand out literally AND figuratively too much. Definitely can not say
> that about the new ones. The 15 days per year I am touring the new
ones
> will be great but the other 225 days a year I ride now I got no place
> to stash my rainsuit, air pump, bag w/all my work stuff laptop, etc.

I have always thought that a top case was the way to go for commuting
and side bags for touring.
Rupert



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