Since it’s arrival, the Especial and I have been all but inseparable. As a result, the Especial Medio has already seen four weeks’ bike commuting use, been on four flights, come along for two weekend trips and had a day at the zoo. While I still commute four days out of five, my packs have lately been just as likely to see me through airport security as through traffic. Jump the curb for all the details and a some forty days’ worth of impressions. Though my messengering days came and went years ago–I still own the custom Timbuk2 bag worn while working the streets of Boston–I still have a soft spot for messenger gear and love a well-made manbag. Introduced at Interbike the fall before last, the company’s Especial line is an attempt to reconnect with their original customers: bike messengers- and those whose lives revolve around bikes.īuilt with these heavy users in mind, the Especial Medio is the third–and least expensive– backpack in the San Fancisco company’s professional-quality line. Despite having branched out into (often quite nice) laptop packs, accessories, and even yoga bags, Timbuk2 remain a bike company at heart. That said, the tradeoff for success is often street cred. From their early US-made messenger bags to their adoption of mass customization and their ever-broadening range, the company has done well. Of all the brands to have emerged from the messenger scene, Timbuk2 are arguably the most successful.
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