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@OldSkoolRacer
I bought a barley a couple of weeks ago, partly as I'm turned my hipster bike back into the 1953 glory it deserves, partly due to not wanting to wear a messenger bag in summer and hugely influenced by the tweed run. I must say I'm more than happy with it so far, although I ran it without a support for a week or so but it hit my legs and swung constantly which got annoying. I couldn't justify the 45 for the qr support and opted for the sport support at 25 quid (!). It made the world of difference, I didn't believe the hype but more than worth it, totally eliminated bag swing plus it now sits the right way up!
As ed said, its a fiddle to get on and off and people dont generally nick stuff like as I think it tends to get overlooked as it just looks like a bag that's probably full of sweaty socks and melted mars bars?!
Feel free to have a gander at mine on the tweed run, its medium sized but I've not yet struggled to fit everything I used to carry on a day to day basis in my courier bag.