View Poll Results: Seatbag or no seatbag, or in between
Yes, seatbags are awesome
267
75.42%
No, seatbags are gay
39
11.02%
Sometimes, if i need more crap for longer rides
48
13.56%
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seatbags or no seat bags?
11-02-06, 09:50 PM
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seatbags or no seat bags?
just wondering if how many people here uses seatbags or not, and why?
for the sake of OCP, i have a hard time deciding
for the sake of OCP, i have a hard time deciding
11-02-06, 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by barba
I use a seatbag. Far more comfortable than carrying a tube and levers in my jersey pocket.
11-02-06, 09:54 PM
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How can I tell if my seatbag is gay? I'd feel a little uncomfortable with a gay bag that close to my crotch and all... please, enlighten us.
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11-02-06, 09:56 PM
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My seatbag is gay, but I have learned to accept that and love it for what it is.
11-02-06, 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by DrPete
How can I tell if my seatbag is gay? I'd feel a little uncomfortable with a gay bag that close to my crotch and all... please, enlighten us.
i know, it's so OCP, but that's just how i feel
i do have a seatbag btw, just never put it on my bikes
11-02-06, 10:00 PM
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Originally Posted by munkyv22
My seatbag is gay, but I have learned to accept that and love it for what it is.
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11-02-06, 10:06 PM
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Small seat bag for essentials. My desire for only a few items in my jersey pockets (gels, phone) is stronger than my OCP.
11-02-06, 10:08 PM
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The seatbag has stuff for the bike and the pockets have stuff for the rider. I take what I need and the bike brings what it needs (or hopefully doesn't).
11-02-06, 10:11 PM
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I would always be forgetting something if I had to stuff it in my pockets instead of having it already strapped to my bike. Not only that, but I'd run out of pocket space on centuries. And hey, you never know when you might find something useful along the road that might take up some pocket space. It's never happened to me, but one of these days... 
How are you going to take that beautiful item home if your pockets are already full of crap?
How are you going to take that beautiful item home if your pockets are already full of crap?
11-02-06, 10:12 PM
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seatbags are the fannypacks of bikes. the sport is dorky enough. i shove my crap in my pockets
11-02-06, 10:21 PM
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Sure there an eye sore but they keep your gear together.
11-02-06, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by mrbubbles
quite frankly, i don't like the idea of a big bulging crap behind my @$$, and it makes my seatpost looks shorter
11-02-06, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by nocondorfx
seatbags are the fannypacks of bikes. the sport is dorky enough. i shove my crap in my pockets
11-02-06, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by nocondorfx
seatbags are the fannypacks of bikes. the sport is dorky enough. i shove my crap in my pockets
Last edited by Dubbayoo; 11-02-06 at 10:37 PM.
11-02-06, 10:44 PM
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See my seatbag in the photo below ...
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11-02-06, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by The Fixer
This is where I mount my small seat bag...
... It's too hot for words.
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11-02-06, 10:57 PM
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When you get a few flats on one, you do what? I always have a seatbag + a cellphone. And if they're gay, what's wrong with gay?
*keep forgetting the juvenile psyche of the ocp*
When you get a few flats on one, you do what? I always have a seatbag + a cellphone. And if they're gay, what's wrong with gay?
*keep forgetting the juvenile psyche of the ocp*
11-02-06, 10:58 PM
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Originally Posted by nocondorfx
seatbags are the fannypacks of bikes. the sport is dorky enough. i shove my crap in my pockets
"It's not a purse, it's European!"
11-02-06, 11:10 PM
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Originally Posted by CastIron
The seatbag has stuff for the bike and the pockets have stuff for the rider. I take what I need and the bike brings what it needs (or hopefully doesn't).
11-02-06, 11:35 PM
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I'm beginning to think that botto is right: OCPissity and actual miles ridden are inversely related.
Yes, I use a seat bag with spare tube/levers/patches/bike tool/extra snack/sunglasses, and yes, I strap the big 'ol honkin' Road Morph to the top tube where all can see it, and yes, I wear white socks after Labor Day, and no, I don't stuff a bunch of crap in my jersey pockets because I don't like it on me, and yes, I put lights and brackets on it, and yes, when I get the next bike I'll probably do the same thing.
Right now, I'm thinking an all Record Colnago or perhaps a Time VXR (not sure really), but I do know that my next jersey will have a nametag with "Fred" on it, just to get it over with.
Either way, the weather tomorrow calls for about 61 deg. in the morning, with a high of 68 deg., and slightly cloudy conditions. I'm riding for a couple hours down by the beach, seat bag and all!
Yes, I use a seat bag with spare tube/levers/patches/bike tool/extra snack/sunglasses, and yes, I strap the big 'ol honkin' Road Morph to the top tube where all can see it, and yes, I wear white socks after Labor Day, and no, I don't stuff a bunch of crap in my jersey pockets because I don't like it on me, and yes, I put lights and brackets on it, and yes, when I get the next bike I'll probably do the same thing.
Right now, I'm thinking an all Record Colnago or perhaps a Time VXR (not sure really), but I do know that my next jersey will have a nametag with "Fred" on it, just to get it over with.
Either way, the weather tomorrow calls for about 61 deg. in the morning, with a high of 68 deg., and slightly cloudy conditions. I'm riding for a couple hours down by the beach, seat bag and all!
11-02-06, 11:52 PM
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i guess if you only ride distances that you can walk home from then you don't need a seat bag. i like to be prepared, two tubes, patch kit, piece of tire for a boot, levers (even if i don't use them), mutlitool, and a full frame pump. i need the room in my pockets for other stuff.
i'm not beginning to think that botto is right, i've know he's right for a long time.
are you into bikes? or are you into riding?
are you into the object, or are you into the activity?
i'm not beginning to think that botto is right, i've know he's right for a long time.
are you into bikes? or are you into riding?
are you into the object, or are you into the activity?
11-03-06, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by CastIron
The seatbag has stuff for the bike and the pockets have stuff for the rider. I take what I need and the bike brings what it needs (or hopefully doesn't).
https://www.bikeforums.net/showpost.p...04&postcount=2
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