Thanks, Mitch. From what I understand (TB2 uses videos to explain the bag's features, and I find them excruciatingly slow, so I fast forward too much) the Classic has a sleeve that can hold a laptop of the rated dimensions, though this sleeve is also called a "document sleeve," so that it probably does not provide the same protection as a laptop pocket proper.
Still, I'm used to carrying laptops in bags that, basically, have just large interior spaces, and my 2010 MB Pro was still trouble free when I traded it in this year. At any rate, I'll use this as much as a briefcase as a courier bag, and if I anticipate a particularly jarring ride, I'll wrap it in a towel. My MBP has a solid state drive, too, so I am less worried about damage than I might otherwise be. Moving on to the really important matter of style. I bought mine online at Nordstrom's, and my brother tells me that TB2 just opened a "boutique" in Venice, CA's most expensive retail street. So TB2 has become a fashion statement -- gag me with a spoon.* That's OK, since I selected the wholly pedestrian solid olive green; I just hope that the quality hasn't gone the way of Timberland, Brooks Bros, Nunn Bush, Schwinn, and so on. * http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/39179/what-is-the-origin-of-the-phrase-gag-me-with-a-spoon + + https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qb21lsCQ3EM On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 4:07 PM, Mitch Harris <mitch.har...@gmail.com> wrote: > If I carry a laptop on my back in a courier bag I want to the laptop > sitting inside vertically and centered. Most laptop bags are designed to > carry horizontally but on the the back, courier style that means the laptop > doesn't match the curve of your bag and prevents a courier bag from hugging > you, curving around you. That way it's more comfortable and secure and > doesn't slide around. Also when you bump a courier bag on something it's > always the sides that bump and if the laptop is vertical in the center it > isn't affected by those bumps. So you want a bag that's 15" tall with a > centered 10" sleeve you can slide your laptop into. Or you might modify any > 15" tall bag to create that sleeve, sewing it yourself maybe. > > --Mitch > > On Monday, September 5, 2016 at 2:42:39 PM UTC-6, bertin753 wrote: >> >> Let's just say 10" X 15" ... plus a book or 2 and the usual keys, >> sunglasses, and other small bits. >> >> "Courier" bag, because I want something I can use on the bike.I also want >> the design with a waist strap, not the type that cinches to your shoulder >> >> Color: not too particular, as long as it is dull: gray, black, tan, >> brown, beige, olive, taupe -- sad sack color. >> >> Materials, ditto, as long as they are sturdy. >> >> Offers? Or, links to good buys? >> >> I've looked at the JUMBO Rivendell Grabsack; will that work? 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