Whether you’re after a bag for riding around town or for cycling further afield, there was plenty on offer at last weekend’s Berlin Bike Show (Berliner Fahrradschau). Check out these neat designs…
Hill & Ellis
London’s Hill and Ellis has a new range of UK-made bags (main pic) that attach to the rack of a Brompton C frame via Velcro straps. This one, in black leather with tan brown straps, is called the Earl (£215). It also comes with a black shoulder strap.

This brown and mint satchel bike bag is an existing model in the range which attaches to a rack via hidden pannier clips. It takes a 15in laptop and comes with a waterproof cover

This reflective tab is reversible to be more subtle when you’re off the bike.

Gilles Berthoud

France’s Gilles Berthoud makes a whole range of leather saddles and traditionally styled leather, cotton and PVC bags.

Serin

Hungarian brand Serin makes caps and bags in a variety of designs. These backpacks are handcrafted and can be shipped worldwide.

La Bouclee

Okay, it’s not really a bag but La Bouclee has had a leather holder for a wine bottle (€45) on the market for a year. Now it has branched out: you can get one for holding a beer bottle (€25).






















4 thoughts on “Smart bike bags”
Those beer holders look great
Those beer holders look great but I’m not sure of their effectiveness. I’m not sure how effective any way of transporting a bottle of something fizzy on a bike could be impress you have several hours at destination to let the drink settle
Those straps are a nightmare.
Those straps are a nightmare. Nothing smart about them at all. They should have at least made them replicas, with a hidden button behind for fast open and closing. People forget how pants those straps are and why we’ve moved away from them. The missus wanted a similar bag recently and I had to eBay it a month later because the straps pissed her off.
unconstituted wrote:
Maybe.
But life is too short to be in a hurry.
We call this ‘one born every
We call this ‘one born every minute’ product design.