Battle of the cargo carriers

Andy Cline Andy Cline

Andy Cline's Carbon Trace blog is one of the consistently best and most interesting bicycle-related blogs in Missouri.He looks at pretty much every aspect of bicycling--from culture to politics to the practical, like this article about how he carries things when he bikes:

I’ve developed (by no conscious effort or intention) a 3-way system for carrying everyday stuff while riding my bicycle. My system involves my daypack, my messenger pannier, and my man-bag (i.e. a messenger bag that looks a little too much like a big purse).

For the longest time my daypack was good enough. It’s old now — pushing 8 years — and developing various maladies. But I like it because it is light rip-stop nylon. You can stuff the thing silly. It’s accompanied me across North America and to Europe. I’ll use it until it reaches gross structural failure.

So why consider other systems? Well, the big reason is that during hot weather a daypack tends to create a sweaty spot in the center of my back, which defeats my heroic attempts not to sweat at all while riding (imperfectly accomplished to be sure).

Read the rest of Andy's article here.