Goose Versus Timbuk2
Hello Timbuk2,
I've found another reason to love my Timbuk2 bag(s): It saved me from a nasty crash on my bike when I was hit by a flying Canada goose.
No lie!
I was riding home from work not long ago and I was actually lamenting how full I'd filled my bag...laptop, shoes, clothes, etc. I was weighed down pretty heavily and was pondering how to smarten up my act when, riding along the water in Pacific Grove, on the bike path, I noticed from my right a big Canada goose launching itself into the air. I barely had time to register what was happening, but I had a pretty good idea that it was going to hit me as I rolled by.
It did. It flew right into my right side, hitting my helmet with its head, my thigh with its feet. A full-on goose body-slam! BUT the weight and perfect balance of my Timbuk2 bag somehow had made me so solid on my bike that I didn't go down, to the amazement of two tourists who were walking towards me on the path. As I've told this story to cyclist friends, they shake their heads when I tell them I didn't hit the deck. We all seem to agree that it was the bag's weight and balance that saved me, so I thought I'd finally take the time to write and thank you all.
Thanks for making such a rockin' product. I promptly asked for another one (in a different size) for my birthday. :-)
With kind regards,
Amy White
Seaside, CA
Editor
Triathlon Informer
