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No experience with this particular model but I’ve had a few MW bags(2 ramblers and a Fitzroy) and my current one is HT-500. They’re extremely durable without feeling heavier than a normal bag, offer water resistant packs with cycling oriented features, and have a killer lifetime warranty. I abused my first pack daily for 7 years (including all weather commuting, grocery runs, overstuffing the bag, etc) before a zipper seam failed. Emailed MW about a warranty, super painless process and they shipped me out a new bag and let me keep the old one as backup. FWIW the most expensive pack I bought was closer to half the price of this one, but if it has the features you need I would trust the rest of the bag to be solid and reliable, and should an issue ever come up they have you covered. Regarding the fabric, the HT-500 doesn’t perform any differently than the xpac/cordura bags imo, but looks nicer and can form a patina. That’s not to say the material justifies some huge premium, but if that sort of thing is important to you there it is. I’m sure there are many less expensive packs that work great too. Just wanted to give a little first hand experience with the company as I mostly see people flaming them in here, and really wanted to emphasize how nice the warranty experience was with the company. Given the comment sections on some of the recent field test posts, I’d think good customer service is a feature worth highlighting. Edit: forgot to mention the comfy straps but I guess that’s assumed at this price point

From the title and the photo, I was already thinking "he looks small for football, must be QB"

@Almazing: you aren't considering repeatability of adjustment. Take your fork to a shop for service and they should record your measurements and set it back up that way when they're done, but things happen and the fork doesn't always get returned the way it was brought in. How do you record and reproduce "426.2 degrees" of low speed compression? Short answer is you make a knob with lots of small clicks. They are doing what you suggested (more adjustment) but in a better way that lets you reliably hit the same setting.

@Jennafrancis: going on 3 years w/ no service on my spikes, when should I expect my bearings stop being their usual buttery selves?

Saw his bike in my LBS just after sea otter, was running double down casings

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