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futant
09-02-2005, 11:33 AM
i thought i was going to get soaked, stop get plastic bag
put wallet , work id , work papers, phone all in bag, then put it in a backpack zipped it up and took off

so i was going like 90+ or so on 190 and BOOM my backpack made a loud noise and jumped, i put my hand back and it felt heavy enough my stuff was still in there(burritos in bottom)

so basically i kept going, ran out of gas , flipped to reserve , got to gas station with nothing , back pack completely unzipped, only burritos in bottom. :mad:

never did find any of it, brand new phone down the drain, the rest was pretty cheap. the only thing i can think of is it was probably zipped together at the top and a gust of wind came just right over my helmet and exploded the back pack pratically lost everything

hopefully someone will not do this too. Ironically I never did get rained on. :rolleyes:
BlueLT1SS
09-02-2005, 11:36 AM
ive done it twice. once lost a brand new pair of abercrombie work out pants, second time lost a pair of $200 glasses. im real careful when riding with a backpack now. hope you find your stuff, atleast your wallet.
rac toh
09-02-2005, 11:37 AM
What tears the backpacks up? I've got one i planned on riding with but hell.. i dunno now!
futant
09-02-2005, 11:38 AM
so is the trick to never zip it up together at the top?
futant
09-02-2005, 11:39 AM
What tears the backpacks up? I've got one i planned on riding with but hell.. i dunno now!
not torn, but exploded the zippers open kind a. if that makes sense. :D
rac toh
09-02-2005, 11:41 AM
ah, gotcha. I think mine has a draw string around the top tho. Got it at the IJSBA world finals two years back.. it's got hella padding and its uber comfortable.
PWTRTXSS
09-02-2005, 11:42 AM
so is the trick to never zip it up together at the top?

Thats what I was thinking. Always zip to the side. I have had full packs open up on me from walking when the two zippers were closed at the 12 o'clock position :(
BlueLT1SS
09-02-2005, 11:43 AM
yea, i figured out you cant zip it at the top. you have to have the zippers on the bottom/side
Whitesmoke
09-02-2005, 11:43 AM
when im riding to my classes with my backpack i always make sure the zippers are at the bottom just incase of shit like that. if the zippers are already down theres no where for them to go :D

still need to be careful with one too because if you put enough weight in one and take a corner on a good lean and it shifts on you it can fuck you all up.
BlueLT1SS
09-02-2005, 11:45 AM
I have had full packs open up on me from walking when the two zippers were closed at the 12 o'clock position :(
how fast do you walk? :eek:
PWTRTXSS
09-02-2005, 11:48 AM
how fast do you walk? :eek:

it's not the speed...it's the distance :)
BlueLT1SS
09-02-2005, 11:57 AM
uphill or downhill?
rac toh
09-02-2005, 11:59 AM
uphill.. both ways.
BlueLT1SS
09-02-2005, 12:08 PM
must of been in knee high snow
Evile753
09-02-2005, 12:21 PM
must of been in knee high snow
Your stupid !!!
Super Coupe
09-02-2005, 12:39 PM
I've never had that happen thank goodness.
eastsidetorino
09-02-2005, 01:36 PM
had the same thing happen to a cheap backpack...didnt loose anything more than a few school papers though. Now I dont ride more than 45mph with a backpack
66Deuce
09-02-2005, 03:53 PM
Haven't had it happen w/ a backpack... but earlier this week I was getting ready to go to work and squirted some hair gel into a ziplock baggy (didn't feel like taking the whole tube) so I could fix the hair before work. I put the ziplock into my front shirt pocket.

Got to work... went into the bathroom... gel baggie gone! :mad:

Probably landed on someone's windshield on the freeway. LOL! :D Hope they didn't use the wipers!
DFWminis
09-02-2005, 11:20 PM
had it happen to me twice : / ..only think I lost was a shirt ..my fell on to my exaust and to my surpize nothing happen to them : D
evil jose
09-03-2005, 08:38 AM
Haven't had it happen w/ a backpack... but earlier this week I was getting ready to go to work and squirted some hair gel into a ziplock baggy (didn't feel like taking the whole tube) so I could fix the hair before work. I put the ziplock into my front shirt pocket.

Got to work... went into the bathroom... gel baggie gone! :mad:

Probably landed on someone's windshield on the freeway. LOL! :D Hope they didn't use the wipers!

Sounds like you weren't wearing a jacket :rolleyes:

Never had a problem but then again I use a tank bag :D :p
lwk2
09-03-2005, 02:02 PM
Hmmmmm.....think about getting a tank bag maybe ????
66Deuce
09-03-2005, 04:50 PM
Sounds like you weren't wearing a jacket :rolleyes:

Never had a problem but then again I use a tank bag :D :p

It's very tempting for me not to wear a jacket sometimes since I live 5 min. from work. And I can't use a tank bag because then I wouldn't have a place for my DVD player on the bike.