crabby117
Junior Member
Just a story my sister-in-law told me that's worth passing on and learning from....
She was riding pillion and wearing a backpack. Like a lot of people, she zipped up the main compartment dual zippers--one up from the left, one up from the right--to the top of the backpack and didn't think too much about a small gap between the zippers. She went on a long ride (couple of hours) and when they got to their destination, she discovered that wind had taken advantage of that small gap between the zippers. No doubt the pack had filled with rushing air, the zippers were worked apart gradually over time, and the bigger the gap got, the wider the pack opened, unbeknownst to her. At the end of the ride, she had lost much of the contents of her pack. (Balls of yarn if you must know.)
So if you're gonna ride with a backpack, close your zippers DOWN on the side, not at the top, and leave as little gap between them as possible. :thumbup:
She was riding pillion and wearing a backpack. Like a lot of people, she zipped up the main compartment dual zippers--one up from the left, one up from the right--to the top of the backpack and didn't think too much about a small gap between the zippers. She went on a long ride (couple of hours) and when they got to their destination, she discovered that wind had taken advantage of that small gap between the zippers. No doubt the pack had filled with rushing air, the zippers were worked apart gradually over time, and the bigger the gap got, the wider the pack opened, unbeknownst to her. At the end of the ride, she had lost much of the contents of her pack. (Balls of yarn if you must know.)
So if you're gonna ride with a backpack, close your zippers DOWN on the side, not at the top, and leave as little gap between them as possible. :thumbup: