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@jnns
Good morning,
two days ago, I bought a Vandal cargo backpack from Mission Workshop hoping to be able to use it for bike messengering.
I read a lot of reviews before spending so much money for a backpack, but it looked very practical for the job and I reckoned that a lot of thoughts went into designing that backpack.
Unfortunately, there's one big drawback that makes me wonder whether Mission Workshop even has bike messengers in mind or whether their products are only intended for urban people : I see no way to put my radio holster on the straps.
We use Motorola two-way radios that don't fit in Mission Workshop's Arkiv phone holder (besides, I don't see why I should spend the money because I have a perfectly fine holder already).
The following image illustrates how the strap's top part (which is where a phone or radio holder should sit ideally) offers no way to attach accessories that don't use the Arkiv system.
On the lower part of the strap the rail is seperated from the padding which makes it possible to attach my radio holster; but in this position, the radio hangs way too low in a riding position and I'm afraid to poke my eye with the antenna because it's right in front of my face. The Chrome backpacks don't seem to suffer from this problem.
So, my question is: do any of you use the Vandal or the Rambler for their courier jobs? And if so, how did you manage to put your radio on your backpack?
TL;DR I'm too dumb to put my radio on the shoulder straps of my Vandal. How does one go about it?