Looking south on the 50th Street bridge above Lake Hefner Parkway you can see a little disturbance in the view. What looks like a bad photoshop is rain coming down in the west but nadda in the east. So it makes me wonder, would I be prepared if I were commuting in the rain? First let's look at my check list of gear I'm hauling and what needs to be done.
Clothes
Well, even if I commute I'd probably change and do the lycra thing. So, clothes are no issue because they are used to getting soaked in a salt based wetness any ways.
Bike
Nothing here to do. Just dry it off when I reach the destination.
Gear
And I'm talking about all the junk I haul in my miscellaneous bags (frame bag, backpack, etc). The two things I'm really worried about are a laptop and my other electronics (phone, car key remote). So I need to dig up some waterproof bags.
Banjo Brothers has a cool commuter backpack that looks like it could do the job.
An office buddy suggested Timbuk2 which has a whole sling of laptop bags. I got to make a custom bag on their website. It was an awesome site. My custom $100 bag is shown above. You can mix and match colors of panel and logo to whatever you want. See below for a rather odd one I made up... I need to stop listen to so much reggae.
2 comments:
For a waterproof bag, I've been extremely happy with my Chrome Citizen messenger bag. Yeah, I know their kinda trendy and cheesy, but they are also really really well made, completely waterproof and virtually indestructible.
Most days, I ride with a Arkel Commuter Pannier which is the best commuter bag I've ever owned, but it's just not great in the rain even with the rain fly on it. For good old Oklahoma frog strangler storms, I always go back to the Chrome.
The Chrome Citizen is very trendy looking. But, I bet it is an awesome bag.
The Arkel Commuter isn't near as trendy.
Thanks for the names, that gives me more to look at! I love shopping, even if it is just without any purchases. I live way out in Mustang so commuting is a non-possibility at this point in my wife's mindset. But I'll continue working on her.
Thanks!
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