In honor of the Saints, we feasted on New Orleans King cake today. At some point between noon and now, someone ate the baby but we don’t know who. Show your face baby eater!
The Who Dat cake, gobbled up by fans at Timbuk2.
Baby Eater. Where are you?!
It’s an El Nino year, so the Mavericks Messenger and Mavericks Swig have never been more relevant. The super waterproof Mavericks fabric and welded seems keep all rain, sweat, and tears out of your bag. Similarly, the Mavericks keep wet things, like wetsuits, in your bag; nobody likes a damp back. To help communicate how waterproof these things are we put together a few videos. Watch and enjoy.
Mavericks Messenger from timbuk2designs on Vimeo.
Mavericks Swig from timbuk2designs on Vimeo.
At this point, Beer Delivery Guy is over being photographed when he rolls into Timbuk2. We’re sorry Beer Delivery Guy, but it just doesn’t get old. Even though you’ve traded Sapporo for PBR, we still get unreasonably excited when you visit.
BDG to the rescue.
Jordan recently built another crazy bike. This time it had normal-sized wheels, but the frame was very very tall. He showed it off at OR in January, but now it’s back in San Francisco and taking laps around the block.
Tall Bike from timbuk2designs on Vimeo.
Jordan on his tall bike.
Torture chamber or functional arrangement?
Blood, sweat, and grease. The ingredients for building a very tall bike.
Good news for our left-handed comrades! The lefty option is back in the Bag Builder. Now you can choose to have the TrueFit cam buckle sewn to the left side of custom messengers. Why is this a victory for lefties worldwide? Let me (attempt to) explain . . . Lefties typically wear messengers over their right shoulder which means they need the cam buckle sewn to the left side of the messenger so they can swing it around under their left arm and adjust the cam buckle with their right hand. Righties do the exact opposite. Capiche?
Thank you to the lefties who spoke up and to the righties who like to pretend they’re lefties. Timbuk2 is proud to support all arms, digits, and ambiturners. Now go forth and build a lefty messenger!
The lefty option is back in Bag Builder! Unfortunately, we can’t make changes to the Napoleon pocket, but lefties can still access it by swinging the bag all the way around. Not ideal (sorry!), but Napoleon wasn’t exactly a saint.
We launched 16 new specialty fabrics in the Bag Builder last week, including three colors of Vinyl. The black Vinyl is a team favorite; seriously classes up a small Swig. Check out our other fabric options and the new binding colors here.
The iPad finally emerged today and left a geeky flood of chatter in its wake. Is the iPad totally awesome or is it terrible (and not that necessary)?! We asked people to share their iPad feelings on Facebook and so many spoke up we felt compelled to chime in. So we got Jordan (our resident trouble-maker) to talk to himself in front of a camera. Watch the video below.
Timbuk2 + iPad from timbuk2designs on Vimeo.
Feel something rubbing up against your legs this morning? It’s Tobi.
Tobi, our bearded little friend. And we know we are way too entertained by dogs. . .
A customer recently reported that her (very good looking) messenger was stolen . . . and then returned!
Her story began, “Tonight while I was enjoying a cheap dinner at Sushi Ichiban in downtown Portland my Timbuk2 messenger bag was stolen. . .” We all hoped her bag would magically re-appear like those, “They returned my wallet!” stories you hear from time to time. And then, 11 days later, it happened!
Today she wrote, “You’ll never believe this: my bag was returned to me. It had been stolen from one restaurant, and turned up at another restaurant several days later. Happily, my notebooks and calendar were still inside (though, predictably, the bike tools, spare tube and patch kit, mini-pump and a couple of bike parts were gone). It’s dirty from where it sat in a muddy puddle and there’s a new little tear on the back side, but I am VERY pleased to get it back! Phew!” Rejoice, rejoice. The messenger is home. Read more about her story here.
The Timbuk2 messenger before it was snatched from its innocent sushi bar perch. Photo courtesy of the owner’s blog.
The slightly roughed-up T2 messenger after it was returned to the owner, 11 days later. Photo courtesy of the owner’s blog.
We launched our massively upgraded classic messenger last night and it’s totally Napoleonic. Why? Because it has our new Napoleon pocket. What’s that? It’s one of our messenger’s new features that makes us pat ourselves on the back (and then scold ourselves for being vain).
The Napoleon pocket is a side zipper pocket you can access without opening the messenger flap! No more velcro-commotion just to grab your cash and keys. This feature is so slick we called out the big guns to promote it. Meet Napoleon Jonny. Part French Emperor, part smurf man. Napoleon Jonny may not be the biggest chap on the block, but he always, always has a hand shoved into his “pocket.” Get yourself a Napoleon pocket on a custom or ready-made messenger.
Napoleon Jonny doing what he does best, gracefully shoving his hand into a “pocket.”
Napoleon Jonny poses with the real Jonny. Watch your back Brangelina!
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