With the end of summer in sight and many of us back at school or work, it’s time to think about the autumn and winter of cycling ahead.
To offer you a helping hand, we have an Osprey Flapjack courier bag worth £60 to give away. To enter the draw, simple leave us a comment at the bottom of the page and let us know what you will carry in the bag if you win.
The Osprey Flapjack Courier Bag
The courier bag we have up for grabs boast all the following features
- Flap access with clip closure
- Internal key attachment clip
- LED bike light attachment point
- Padded carry handle
- Adjustable shoulder strap
- Zipped stash pocket
- 820-gram weight
- Maximum dimensions 38cm x 46cm x 25cm
- Padded laptop sleeve
- Conforms to EU maximum carry-on luggage size
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Cara
A gorilla zebra crossing.
Paul Harding
At this time of year, looks ideal to haul sweetcorn cobs maybe?
Ben
A shizhtu who is getting a little old to go too far for walks.
Jenny
All my bike gear seems to expand: spare lights, locks, toolkit, change of clothes, waterproofs etc. Would be great to have a sturdy bag…
Andrew Harmsworth
Buying new bike next week, but it has no rack mounts so I need a bag, as a teacher, to carry home all my excess marking! I just hope it is big enough! 😉
Roger Birchall
Think it would have to be Flapjacks!!!
PG
My packed lunch!
Eduardo Petrilli
A change of clothes for when I get to work.
Graeme
Osprey Flapjacks – obviously! 🙂
Adrian Esland
Should be excellent for carrying my work and laptop on the train.
Karl Wallendszus
Looks ideal for carrying papers to meetings.
L Woodman
Lock, tools, spare tubes, puncture repair kit and a banana.
Stuart Lamb
That would be perfect for my daily commute and walk around town. A perfect bag to use for cycling that looks just as good when you’re off the bike.
Clare Gordon
Folders of notes for my voluntary committee work and a paperback book.
Dominic Sweeting
I’ll be starting my PGDE this coming week so I’ll need to carry my laptop stationary, school books and all the survival kit a new teacher needs.
Richard Gregory
Should take a 6 pack nicely!
Rob Ebbins
Story books for the grandchildren.
Christina
Would be great for my commute – big enough for waterproofs, puncture repair, little pump and all my day to day stuff.
Leon Xavier Finch
A flask of Costa coffee, special sandwiches & an easy-pealer orange. Maybe some Smarties if there’s a suitable side pocket.
Steve Watling
Great looking bag for a 50’s retro guy to carry his Tupperware box of cheese n pickle sandwiches and thermos of tea in. ( and the Laptop)
Rory
Definitely not a cat. No sir, definitely not.
Alex
I would mainly carry broken dreams.
A Bowman
Will carry my hopes and aspirations for the future in it. …and if there is room … my lunch. !
Donald Payne
I think the first entrant should win 🙂
Ian Harvey
Waterproof clothing as you never know when the weather is going to change on the cycle to work
Paul
My sandwiches
Raf
i’d carry a bird of prey,
like an eagle
or an osprey.
Patricia
Love it, will carry everything, thats what women have bags for, including the kitchen sink as men say.
Can not carry my handbag on a bike, so this would be great
Charles Peeler
Door to door leaflet distribution for our business.
David Carroll
A secure stash of flapjacks for those peckish moments during the day.
Max
My girlfriend (she is quite short…)
Al Reed
All important waterproofs at this time of year!
Louise
I’d take my laptop with me for my commute to work!
Neil Woolford
At this time of year, scrumped apples, plums damsons and greengages from the hedgerows of Worcestershire.
David
A very useful mid-sized bag.
Johnny Faro
I’d carry my head higher with such a lovely bag
Nick
I will carry another Osprey bag inside it, so that when I get to the other end, I can turn around and take out the second bag and thus have a handy place to put the first bag, for the contented return journey home.
Michael Potter
Small is beautiful- it would look great zooming along with me and my beloved bike.
Nick O’Shaughnessy
All of my worldly possessions!
Owen Van Gijn
Would love this for my home visits
David Hunt
This bag would be perfect. I would use it to take all the things my son needs for school but won’t carry in his bag.
Nic Brady
Sandwiches (probably cheese), fruit, soup powder, stationery, phone, that thing that looks like a calculator for mobile banking and trade union papers.
Michael Joy
How many bottles of beer will fit in it? I will use it to carry that many bottles of beer.
Andy G
Looks like an excellent bag!
Charlotte
My husband has been jealous of my Flap Jill courier for years; if I could win this for him before his birthday in October it’d make his day!
Charlotte
P.S. If I win it I’ll fill it full of little presents for my husbands birthday. Following that I’m sure he’ll fill it full of merch and cables as he cycles to the concerts and gigs he plays at.
John Butler
All the above deserve to win.
Jerv
Oh my, this is a holy moly serious bag….flowers for my beloved would be a regular passenger but with a bag like this only imagination could limit its daily load
Julian
Work & cycling gubbins of course 😉
Anna Shakoor-Green
All the stuff I need to deliver cycle training sessions – paperwork, tools, First Aid kit and so on.
Bryn Jones
What a lovely, stylish bag!
Bryn Jones
What a stylish and beautiful bag!
Chris
Course notes
James Russell
Flapjacks, of course, and a gorilla or two.
William Johnson
Why put anything in it. Bag looks good.
Gail G
All the stuff that’s currently housed in my scruffy backpack would travel in style
Matthew
Air, lots of air. At times I’d also put my computer in it, but even then I’d fill the rest with air.
Jane C
I’d carry books and a laptop to read, study, work and chill somewhere quiet and green away from the noises of the city. And at other times gardening hand tools for allotmenting and other away-from-home gardening, plus food and drink for the day.
William
At the risk of being too cliqué, I’d carry my books and notepads to and from uni and probably some gym kit from time to time
matt
Bananas, lots of bananas
Tom
Lovely bag, count me in!
Matt B
My classes’ exercise books for marking!
Christopher
It would be great to carry my laptop and a sandwich.
Lucy
My bagpipes should fit nicely….
Joe
So many bananas
Peter
This looks like the bag I’ve always wanted!
DaveD
The sun
Pete
Marinating babyback ribs, on the way to a BBQ
Peter Clark
Apple Mac. My birthday treat to myself!
Peter Clark
MacBook obvs!
Caroline Toner
My waterproof this time of year, phone and wallet.
Matt
I could carry my youngest in that! I wouldn’t, but I could!! Maybe just the cat, instead…
Nick Rossell
Lunch
roy
a haggis.
Dick Willis
I don’t want to be a courier but the bag would be very handy.
Mark B
I’d carry all my secret agent stuff in it that I’m not allowed to tell you about.
Graham Clark
Coffee, lunch, coffee, snacks, coffee…. Oh, and did I mention the coffee? Hand-pumped mini espresso maker too for the coffee 🙂
Catherine Palgrave
I’d take ‘some’ of my Forest School kit, but fear I would still have to tie my spades, forks and long handled loppers to my crossbar though!
wesley
My hopes and dreams.
Caroline Geraghty
I would love the Osprey courier bag. It would carry my nurse’s uniform, packed lunch and a good book to read during my break (if I get one). I cycle through London to get to work mist days.
Paresh Desai
I currently carry change of clothes, lunch and a chip on my shoulder for having invested in a back pack that doesn’t keep my back cool as it should. With this bag, I think I could dispense with the chip!
manfai tang
Top up groceries
James Haigh
My ipad and something to eat
Tony .Mack
As a MTB volunteer Coach handy for 1st aid kit, repair kit for the kids who rarely have their own, Lap top to video and show them their technique or lack of it, spare cash for those who forget / not given any, my own cash / card, rain top, pens, mobile, sign on sheets, sandwiches and chocolates for the kids at the end of sessions.
James
Looks great for shopping trips
brian
my current knitting project
Bonnie Thompson
Bottle of water and chocolate; and of course my phone
Jim Woodlingfield
On the weekend I would carry my kit for taking the kids out:
Change of clothes
Reusable wipes
Cloth nappies
Colouring book + crayons
Playmobil figures
Drinks and snacks
(The kids go in the trailer…)
Then during the week it would be great for carrying papers between meetings… but not as fun.
Helen Taylor-Carter
Should be able to fit all bike rowing and ru ning kit and the occasional child that gives uo pedalling on the tandem
Michael
I’d use the bag to carry my laptop to university, it looks much more comfortable, and less sweaty, than my backpack!
O Jackson
This will be perfect for my daily commute, especially for carrying my lunch.
Pawel
Laptop & Lunch
Toity
My 2000 mile papers that never get read! As well as the usual clothes to change into, food, laptop, waterproofs, lights etc.
Cleatclicker
snacks
Fran McLean
My keys, my iPad, my phone, my newspaper, my novel, a notebook, my sandwiches, my lights, my sunglasses (just in case), my waterproof (just in case), pens, purse, hand cream and all the daily paraphernalia that I can’t seem to cut down on. This bag would be perfect.
stewart macLachlan
I’d use it to take packed lunch to work, and pick up small shops on the way home when empty, so I don’t have to do a mega car shop once a week.
Ruth Purdy
Important work stuff plus lunch!
SuperCommuter
My lunch, work clothes, waterproofs, phone, keys, etc… in fact all my usual commuting essentials!
David
I’ll carry my Ipad and my packed lunch
Stucyc2
Anything needed to get through the day.
Philip
Just like an osprey, combines function with style
Alistair B
I’d be carrying my life around with me, plus a banana and a flask of coffee
Sheena M
My laptop, lunch, phone, wallet for my commute to work.