Traffic Cone Blog

UPDATE! As of Nov 2010 the Traffic Cone Bag comes standard with this 3M Scotchlite Strip . But you can still add these reflectors for even more bling. Read on .. For those who ride at night and want more visibility than their blinky light attached to the convenient elastic loop, I carry a small supply of Lightweights Reflector  'starter sets'. These are unpackaged single sheets of 16 ovals that you can arrange however you like. Here, I've used the entire sheet to make this flower pattern. You rub each down through its paper backing oval with a fingernail. Finally you peel off the paper backing, then dry iron briefly through a sheet of baking paper. The Lightweights starter sheet I sell for $5.   I'm feeling generous and will probably throw in 2 sheets until I run out.  Presto! Stayin' alive, stayin' alive ... Of course, you can attach them to the black side instead, but why would a minimalist metrosexual want to do that? They also go great ...

Stayin' alive, staying alive ... The TCB is proving popular at Arizona Desert Camp - 7th great year . I sold almost everything I brought on Day 1. Check out the shots of the Traffic Cone Bag on the TCB Facebook Fan Page  Bill Donovan (above) and Bob Kenner (below) show this bag isn't just for da gals.

Someone's gotta do it! The traffic is nutty so my TCB gave me a sense of security, false or otherwise. See Bike Friday in the Bahamas for the scoop. Below, the TCB married with a hippy dippy string top, circa when-I-was-twenty-something. That's the beauty of a simple, black bag - dress it up or down as you need. Here, I believe I have a Timbuktu cellphone holder velcroed around the straps. The most common customer comment ? "I use it every day." I was also fortunate to meet the CEO of John Hardy jewelry and hear the story of how his baubles really are made with the greater good in mind. His company is the biggest foreign employer in Bali, structures labor so that mother and grandmothers can work from home and not have to pay for childcare, and pays workers a decent living wage. The idea being, stimulate the local economy while making a beautiful thing. Read about it on my Galfromdownunder Upover blog.

So far, TCB customers have sent along plenty of shots of the bag in orange mode, but few in black mode. So I thought I'd fill the void. This shot was taken in the lobby of the Standard Hotel, Chelsea, Manhattan. The dress is a Wolford Fatal tube - the perfect travelin' gal's glamor gear - imagine the leg one very black stocking for one very corpulent person, cut with scissors at the thigh and ankle, and that's pretty much the Wolford Fatale. As you can see, the TCB in black mode blends right in. It could (should?) be teamed with this getup in the 'musette' or 'little shoulder bag' mode. "I used the musette mode when I went to the opera" ventured Melanie (above), last seen with her TCB helping out at the Bike Friday booth for Escape New York , Sep 2009 - watch for Lindsay Lauder talking about this security feature at 1:10 min into the movie on that link. A whole new version will appear 1 October 2009: an inch wider all round, 2" deeper bl...

SEE ALL REVIEWS Write your review in the Comments below. Or, you may prefer to post on the TCB Facebook Fan Page . +++ Reviews prior to 2010: September 10, 2009: Lynette, The bag I won at your generous Weekday Cyclists raffle was so appreciated by Randy, when we recently biked from Lexington MA to (almost) Boston on their wonderful bike trails. She was so pleased with the design, workmanship, and usefulness. - Joseph Lauren Hefferon, principal of multi-award-winning Friday Friendly bicycle tour company Cicilsmo Classico , says: Ciao Lynette. I have been loving your Galdown Under Napsack...whatever you call it. One of our backpacks was stolen and we needed another one to carry water and extra layers. Now I am using it to carry my laptop . I love the bright color! April 14, 2009: Danny Chiang is a New York architect, Bike Friday owner and brevet aficionado - he likes the bag in "musette" mode. "It's a New York bag!" he declares. Shot in Chelse...

Y ep, guys like it to - Doug Faunt shows off his all-matching TCB look. Best thing is, if he decided to ditch the orange jacket, he'd still be seen ... Hi TCB folks, Bicycle bags are de rigueur, clearly! Take a look at this article 1. One of my Bike Friday customers, Angelo Zinna, would love to see a picture of a dog wearing, or being carried in, a TCB for his site: http://www.pleasefeedthedog.com/ http://www.pleasefeedthedog.com/ I told him I'd ask the folks who actually bought the bag, so if you can get your schnauzer's snout artfully noosed in the drawstring neck or carrying your stuff, be my guest! cc me too. 2. I have a handful of the current design remaining before switching to a new, more waterproof, ANSI standard material I've finally managed to source, thanks to Outdoor Wilderness Fabrics in Idaho. It's more the color of fresh squeeze orange juice - um, irradiated to high heaven. Although waterproof sounds "better". you have to remember you'...

Grace Lichtenstein - cyclist, blogger and former NYT journo recently reviewed the TCB on her blog: http://www.cyclingforboomers.com/search?q=traffic+cone+bag Thank you Grace! You summed it up to a T(CB). One aspect she didn't mention was its Made-in-Americaness, for which I am very proud.  Here's why (for Fastcompany.com) I'm starting to receive emails from spambots telling me that someone in China will make similar bags for $1.28 per one hundred - about 20 times cheaper than I get them made. Tempting? Not at all. I may never get rich but I'm glad to be stimulating the local economy. Grace wows 'em at the Hudson Guild All about the TCB