I feel so “messenger” today. After about 20 years of using a normal backpack (about 10 riding with one) I finally tried something different – a messenger bag.

A Crumpler “Fux Deluxe” to be precise. $170aud from the store in Lt. Burke street, Melbourne.

It’s a funky black/orange/blue – I bought an old model which has horizontal AND vertical reflective strips compared to the new model’s single horizontal one.

The guy in the shop said that striping was the most expensive thing on the bag. La dee daa 😉

It feels different. That’s all I can say about it for now.

Of course I rode the GT SS in and popped nice little track stands at all the lights to complete the messenger stylin’ package. All I need now is a radio and some tatts!

Cadence Wars.. After some discussion on a.b, I thought I’d see how fast I could spin. Going down a hill on Whitehorse Rd. towards Box Hill on the GT I counted my right leg pushing 32 times in about 10 seconds, for a cadence of 192bpm. I say ‘about 10 secs’ because I was looking at my watch for the timing. I’d get a bit faster with a more accurate method of cadence measurement!

Time: 1:06 (about what I was doing before the Europe trip)