I’ll admit it, I am a sucker for bike bags and backpacks. Seeing the first prototype pics of the Vandal late last summer I couldn’t wait to get my hands on one; as soon as they became available I ordered me one as a Christmas present to myself.  After ordering the bag I found out [...]

I was lucky enough to receive a pretty much brand-new Burley Nomad in the late summer of 2008.
Since then I used it for grocery runs, camping and pretty much any other situation where I needed more capacity than my various bags and the rear rack provide.

After using my Chrome Bags Sultan for quite some time I was ready to try a somewhat smaller alternative. While I like the huge capacity of the Sultan, it literally gets in the way some time when I’m out only on an errand.
Considering how much I like the Sultan I decided to give one of [...]

Since quite some time, I was looking for a stand for my bike to hold it up if there’s nothing to lean it against. I was contemplating the two-legged kickstand from Pletscher but never really warmed up to its looks. Then I found out about this amazing product through one of the cycling mailing lists [...]

After riding my Cannondale Capo for almost a year I decided I wanted a more “all-around” bike that would be better suited to purposes such as shopping, touring, bike-camping, basically the kinds of rides a trackbike is really not designed to handle
I had a few criteria:

Steel frame
eyelets for fenders and a rack
more relaxed frame angles
ability [...]

It is perhaps a bit “unusual” to put a review of a fixed-gear bike into the more travel/commuting oriented bikesite; alas this is the bike I bought to get back into cycling after a nearly 10-year hiatus.
When looking for a bike to start cycling I got immediately intrigued with the simplicity and also the relative [...]

I purchased this bag last year together with my Fixie as a replacement for my Ortlieb Messenger Pro that finally have up the ghost after 15 years. I was looking for these features:
large capacity
waterproof
backpack style