hennbell
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Messenger Bags
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I don't think rucksack is better than messenger bags.
I have a lot of bags (too many, really) and to go to work I prefer messenger bags because :
- I wear a suit at work, so I need to fold it into my bag and I find it's more convenient to put it in a messenger bag without making ''creases'' thanks to the wider opening.
- I'm short and rucksacks with large capacity (40 liters or more) are often quite long. Hence they are too high and disturb me when I raise my head on a bike.
- You can swing a messenger bag when you need to look for something in without having to put it down on the ground.
Rucksacks a more comfortable to carry heavy loads, but professional messenger bags have a optional/additional second strap which goes on the second shoulder (I don't talk about the thin strap which prevent the bag from sliding).
Thanks to their wide opening, messenger bags also allow to carry parcells which wouldn't fit into a rucksack. For instance I carried a vacuum cleaner in a messenger bag, I couldn't put it inside a rucksack. I wish I could have, because I would have preferred to carry 17kg with a rucksack !
NB : I talk here about real messenger bags, not look like bags. For instance I don't consider the North Face bag as a real messenger bag. In fact it has nothing to do with a messenger bag.
(sorry if the words I chose are not correct, I don't speak English so well)
I have a lot of bags (too many, really) and to go to work I prefer messenger bags because :
- I wear a suit at work, so I need to fold it into my bag and I find it's more convenient to put it in a messenger bag without making ''creases'' thanks to the wider opening.
- I'm short and rucksacks with large capacity (40 liters or more) are often quite long. Hence they are too high and disturb me when I raise my head on a bike.
- You can swing a messenger bag when you need to look for something in without having to put it down on the ground.
Rucksacks a more comfortable to carry heavy loads, but professional messenger bags have a optional/additional second strap which goes on the second shoulder (I don't talk about the thin strap which prevent the bag from sliding).
Thanks to their wide opening, messenger bags also allow to carry parcells which wouldn't fit into a rucksack. For instance I carried a vacuum cleaner in a messenger bag, I couldn't put it inside a rucksack. I wish I could have, because I would have preferred to carry 17kg with a rucksack !
NB : I talk here about real messenger bags, not look like bags. For instance I don't consider the North Face bag as a real messenger bag. In fact it has nothing to do with a messenger bag.
(sorry if the words I chose are not correct, I don't speak English so well)
jonny jeez
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[QUOTE 2426331, member: 45"]3rd strap[/QUOTE]
Third...THIRD!?
Hang on, i knew about the secret second strap (as i too am "super" cool) but the legend of the third strap's clearly a level that I am yet to acheive....what does it do, hold your latte in place?
Third...THIRD!?
Hang on, i knew about the secret second strap (as i too am "super" cool) but the legend of the third strap's clearly a level that I am yet to acheive....what does it do, hold your latte in place?
Beebo
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[QUOTE 2424863, member: 259"]If you have to ask the question, you're not allowed to wear a messenger bag. 
[/QUOTE]
I just tried to "Like" your post, and realised that I had already Liked it back in 2013!!!,
Anyway it made me laugh for a second time.
[/QUOTE]I just tried to "Like" your post, and realised that I had already Liked it back in 2013!!!,
Anyway it made me laugh for a second time.
No, a professional messenger bag has 3 straps :
The main (large) strap
The 2nd one to prevent the bag from sliding
The 3rd one (on the other shoulder) you can attach when you carry heavy loads (as James Brown would say...)
I hope the following pictures will be clearer than my description.
The main (large) strap
The 2nd one to prevent the bag from sliding
The 3rd one (on the other shoulder) you can attach when you carry heavy loads (as James Brown would say...)
I hope the following pictures will be clearer than my description.
Luke Redpath
Well-Known Member
My bag* has a cross strap, although its pretty secure when double-clipped anyway.
* http://www.booq.co.uk/uk/shoulder-bags/boa-nerve/BNL-GFT
* http://www.booq.co.uk/uk/shoulder-bags/boa-nerve/BNL-GFT
simon the viking
Guru
I think I saw the Mexican Bandits in 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' wearing something like that.....................
And a big moustache ? I don't use this strap on the second shoulder all the time (otherwise a rucksack would be more comfortable) but it's nice to have to carry heavy loads.