Comments on: Seriously? A Bike Bag for your Dress Clothes?

By: Ted Johnson

Ted Johnson — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:55:34 +0000

Don, Rather than buy a new rack, you could just buy some dropout hooks, like these:

By: Don McCubbin

Don McCubbin — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 20:33:20 +0000

Hi,
Just got one of these garment bags, but not sure it will work on my Jandd bike rack (http://www.jandd.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=FREXP), as there is no extension prong on the rack (http://www.twowheelgear.com/pages/faq).

If I can’t get it work easily, may get a Jandd garment bag (http://www.jandd.com/detail.asp?PRODUCT_ID=FCGBP). Have you ever used one of these?

By the way, I see that one of the outer pockets on Two Wheel Gear garment bag is sideways — I guess so stuff does not fall out when the bag is hung up. Any thoughts on how functional this sideways pocket might be?

Best,
Don

By: John

John — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 06:53:08 +0000

Yes I agree with you, If you are doing cycling for long distance or you have a practice of doing it daily then buying bicycle jersey or jacket should be your primary aim.

By: Mark

Mark — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:13:34 +0000

I am a professional, and am expected to dress accordingly at work. I have also opted not to own a car, even living in a very car-centric California. One of my challenges is to be able to appear in the office NOT looking like I rode a bike into work, and I do so by showering and getting dressed at work. I carefully fold my clothes and carry them in a pannier a bag like this would make that easier. I believe that products such as this are a valuable addition to the things that make it possible for me to live without a car. Like Janet, I do short trips where I cycle to the airport, and fly, Bike friendly luggage would be a great thing for me.

One accessory that I would love to see is a briefcase which mounts to my bike and looks like a briefcase which I could carry into a boardroom. I use the Arkel briefcase, which is very functional, but looks like a bicycle briefcase – why can’t someone make a classy looking leather case that has secure laptop storage inside, and provision to hook onto a bike rack?

By: AdamDZ

AdamDZ — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 00:04:44 +0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannier

By: ladyfleur

ladyfleur — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:00:49 +0000

I hear you on bags blocking lights. I have short legs so there’s not a lot of vertical space between the top of my rack and a seatpost mounted light. And I have some bags that cover a rack mounted light.

My solution is to attach a clip on light to the bag itself which works well enough. I usually carry an extra clip-on tail light anyway because you never know when your bike-mounted one might fail.

By: Bike To Work Blog

Bike To Work Blog — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:41:48 +0000

I just replaced my four year-old Nashbar garment bag…with an identical one. I like the garment bag concept much better than separate bags.

One problems this particular bag is how high it sits on the rack. This would block my seatpost mounted taillight and the overhang would interfere with a rack-mounted taillight.

By: ladyfleur

ladyfleur — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:30:40 +0000

By the way, I’m impressed that you got your bike in the shower for the waterproof test. When I wanted to test my panniers for rain-worthiness I used the garden hose. Your way is more dramatic.

http://ladyfleur.wordpress.com/2011/10/06/gear-talk-waterproof-panniers-or-not/

By: BluesCat

BluesCat — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 03:22:35 +0000

Tom - DOUBLE "HAH"! I notice it ain't tied around yer NECK! I betcha as yer sittin' around your place there at the Red State Lofts & Ashram --- OMing away the evening tucked into a lotus position on top of Ted's Virtual Yoga Mat --- that yer wearin' that necktie as a HEADBAND!

By: Tom Bowden

Tom Bowden — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:49:30 +0000

BluesCat

In the upper left corner of one of the pictures you can see my navy blue tie with the gold road bikes.