Cycling to College with my laptop

[Graham M]

Hi there, I am wondering, would my Toshiba Satellite laptop survive my furious pedalling as i cycle to college in its bag, the bag is similar to this one: http://www.coluco.com/tecair/full_sp...p?ProductId=36 I am wary of course of cycling with such a pricey piece of kit but would like to keep fit and need to take it with me as my work is on my laptop and the college kit is, well, shakey at best.

[scrotnig]

Originally Posted by Zeph

Hi there, I am wondering, would my Toshiba Satellite laptop survive my furious pedalling as i cycle to college in its bag, the bag is similar to this one: http://www.coluco.com/tecair/full_sp...p?ProductId=36 I am wary of course of cycling with such a pricey piece of kit but would like to keep fit and need to take it with me as my work is on my laptop and the college kit is, well, shakey at best.

A car is what's needed!

*Cycling* to college is SOOOO nineties!

[danielf]

Provided you use the bag as a backpack, and don't make a habit of falling off your bike, I think you should be ok.

[bmxbandit]

my palm pda has survived some pretty heavy bike-related impacts, i always seem to come off worse

as for a laptop, i think no matter how good the rucsac is anything other than a fairly mundane crash would pretty much kill it. if you're just pootling around i would imagine you'd be fine, but i tend to thrash whatever im riding to within an inch of its life

[Stuart]

Sounds cool. I use a similar rucksack style laptop bag to take my Laptop to and from Work. Mines a "Targa bag" (looks almost the same as yours, but has two net pockets on either side.

I have to admit, in my case, I have it mainly because I have to travel through one very rough area on my way to and from work (I am sure homealone will agree when I say Lewisham is rough) and to carry a standard laptop bag would be to ask to be mugged. As I found out when I had to return the iBook I have been borrowing to work. I didn't get mugged (no one actually took any notice), but I felt very worried.

I think,to add to Daniel F's advice, wear it like a backpack, and be careful, you should be OK.

[Halcyon]

You should be fine.
Just make sure its well padded.

Oh and if you have a drink, dont keep it in the same bag obviosly.

[Graham M]

Should be ok then, the bag is well padded and has air cushions around 3 sides and foam over the back and front with a velcro strap to stretch over the top. Im just worried about Shock over bumps and continuous reverberation etc. Thanks for the comments.

[bmxbandit]

Originally Posted by Zeph

Im just worried about Shock over bumps and continuous reverberation etc.

so long as you don't leave it on when you're riding, won't be a problem

[allieyoung666]

i have a Jansport gold old fashioned ruckie that all the boarders use they seem to cusion the impact pretty well!!!!

[Dave Stones]

i have a techAir backpack, my laptop makes frequent journeys in it. not sure about cycle crashes but i've dropped it more than once, and my laptop still chugs away fine

just make sure you put the laptop in the bit that's surrounded by the compressed air....

[allieyoung666]

Nah Jansport is the best one, threw mine at Paul and it hit a car and still survived!!!!!

[Graham M]

Dave i know its off topic but both of the links in your signature, presently link to the same above head image

[Raistlin]

Originally Posted by Zeph

Dave i know its off topic but both of the links in your signature, presently link to the same above head image

Also off topic but it would appear that Dave and I have the same chair!!

[allieyoung666]

u cannot beat a jansport !!!!!

[Gareth]

I cycle in to work with my Tosh Satellite in a Targus backpack type bag, and it's fine... although it's pretty heavy so if it's hot then your fellow students might complain about the smells when you're around