Chrome Bags Arists' Series

Chrome Bags are doing a three-part artist series for a limited run. If you're in the market for a new bag and don't want a boring one, check 'em out and let us know right away so we can get one into your hot little hands!

Now check 'em out and read a couple quotes from the artist himself, San Fran-based Lil Tuffy. Click on the picture to go to the Chrome site to see more details.


"Inspired by American folklore figure Paul Bunyon and his companion, Babe the Blue Ox. Legend has it that Minnesota's 10,000 lakes were formed by the pair's footprints as they wandered blindly in the snow."


"I travel to Austin at least twice a year for SXSW and the Fun Fun Fun Fest. Even at my boarding gate in San Francisco, there's always a guitar case or two - they're ever-present in Austin and have become like the Samuri Sword of Central Texas."


"Portland has become my home away from home over the past decade. I chanced upon the Chapman Swifts by accident and it was a pretty cool sight to behold and I think the community's efforts to maintain the chimney for the swifts embodies the Portland spirit."

Item of the Week: The Buran Messenger Bag

New to the scene is the Buran messenger briefcase bag. If you were to google what a Buran was, you would see that the bag is named after the Russian space shuttle and/or program or a line of wristwatches assembled by Voltex. I do want it to go down in the books that I did not make a connection between this bag and the phrase "out of this world."





Some of the highlights of this all business messenger briefcase are:

- The integrated laptop sleeve - now at the back of the bag instead of earlier versions where it was at the front. Being in the back ensures that there's going to be a flat surface against your back when you throw all sorts of stuff into your bag, even if you overstuff it.

- A handle on the top gives the user the ability to sling the bag around without having to reach for the shoulder strap every time.

- Lots and lots of compartments so you have a pocket for everything you want to carry.

- Keeping with their tried and true material, the bag is waterproof - perfect for Vancouver or any other rainy conditions.

- It still uses the Chrome strap system so there is a stabilizer strap coming underneath your armpit to keep the bag, and all your important docs + laptop, in place while you're riding.




Come down and check it out. If you're looking for something different, we also carry lots of other Chrome bags as well as Mission Workshop.