Carrying a laptop
Discussion
Unless the laptop is turned on it will be fine. If you must use a bag, a rucksack will be easier than a courier type bag for keeping it in one place, but might make your back sweat, as suggested, panniers are probably the future for comfort. Also check out www.slicks.cc for rucksacks with built in suit carriers and laptop pockets. depends on how smart you have to be at work, and whether you can leave clothes there to change into.
Parrot of Doom said:
Good for you, now tell me you wouldn't be more comfortable riding without all that on your back.
I prefer it on my back tbh. Any panniers that I leave on my bike will most definitely be stolen if I left them outside.
Plus, when its wet, I want as little water to get anywhere near my Macbookpro, so a backpack with a waterproof HUMP over the back is the perfect tool and it helps me to be seen.
I also dont especially want my laptop attached to something that I hop up and down kerbs on/hit a pothole or anything along those lines, which undoubtedly happens pretty much every journey, those sorts of jolts will not do a laptop any good what so ever.
Just consider which is more likely to hit the ground in an off or be subjected to crap. Also consider the weight of the laptop, in a rucksack against your back it is well protected as I haven't seen many people come straight back off their bike but sideways off is always a possibility.
okgo said:
Rucksack for me, panniers look gay and I wouldn't want to have a cumbersome heavy bike, I prefer the weight on me.
So you prefer a heavy weight carried high up, that moves about as you pedal and gives you a sweaty back to the same weight carried low down and fixed to the bike?Well, each to their own....
Depends how far you're going. If it's a short trip, say 10 minutes or so, I'd take a backpack as it's just far less faff. Rear light and everything lives in the pack. Jump off, lock up, off you go. I also find panniers a pain for aggressive climbing out of the saddle and bunnyhopping or dropping anything. Longer distances, panniers are the answer.
robpearson said:
. Also check out www.slicks.cc for rucksacks with built in suit carriers and laptop pockets.
That is fricking awesome, shame I dont have to wear a suit to work....Parrot of Doom said:
I'm struggling to work out how a knock to a laptop on your back is any different than one in a pannier, but meh. I'll take the panniers any day, over having a large weight strapped to a sweaty back.
Erm... well common sense dictates that if I'm hopping up/off a kerb on a ridged bike, that it's not going to be particularly soft. I don't want a grand and a half's worth of laptop knocking against my frame whilst executing the hop up/down. The laptop remains safely protected in my padded backpack and a laptop sleeve by the fact that I will be standing up whilst hopping up/down said kerbs, my knees and arms will be bent soaking up any knocks and bumps.
Each to their own. But Panniers aren't for me.
ETA: for longer distances I might be tempted, just to carry the essentials, laptop still wouldn't be going near it. But my ride is only about 15/20 mins so backpack isn't a problem
Edited by doodles19 on Wednesday 26th January 14:13
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