My favorite feel-good movie is Life is Beautiful. I was fortunate enough to visit the town of Arezzo (with my Bihn bags, of course) where several scenes were filmed. This movie gives me hope that...

Thank you for doing this, Tom Bihn team!

I am thankful for the time I have had to spend outdoors on my bike since this pandemic started, and especially the chance to get my husband and brother and...

I would love to see some new bags in new materials even though they would carry a more limited warranty, and I don’t believe that would damage the reputation or brand. I am thinking about the cork...

I am scrambling to keep our family music education business alive and pay our employees while schools are shut down (this is normally our busiest time of the year and schools are our main customers)...

Lovely photos of Norn’ Iron! We are staying at Bushmills Inn next week! How’s the weather been? Looks a bit chilly and rainy


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Good choice! I hope you have a wonderful time. I love Ireland.


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I am headed to Ireland in a week too!

Regarding the car: I am going to recommend automatic if you can find one for a reasonable fee, in order to remove a stress variable. My husband is Irish but...

@allanorn,
Lovely bike! There is a local bike store that sells Bromptons so I took one for a spin a few weeks ago. It rode great. I hadn’t thought about asking them if they ever do rentals. I did...

Sorry about the hip! And that is a good suggestion about the cap under the helmet. I never would have thought of that.


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Just give those coyotes time! We've got them all over our neighborhood, but they mainly eat rabbits and pet cats. :eek:

I too am trying to decide if it's possible to squeeze in a 5:30am gym class...

This roadrunner is a big bird, a couple of feet long including the tail, and makes a cooing sound like a dove. I never knew that. Saw him a couple of days ago with a lizard in his mouth, running to a...

@Bogiesan, thanks for the "performance trike" recommendation. No idea what that is, but I'll look it up!

I've been looking at Bromptons and Bike Fridays as my top two choices, but I'm a long way...

>>>>> ETA: Can a mod please correct the spelling of 'COMMUTING" in this title? THANK YOU!

Inspired by the "We should not be flying" thread, I decided to rethink my transportation choices and try...

Hi @bchaplin,

Some other things for you to consider:

OneNote, while not a journaling app per se, can definitely be used as one. It is fantastic for handwriting, it will OCR your handwriting,...

I am the one who recommended that lightweight cooler in the other thread, and I still use and recommend it. It isn’t leakproof, but that is easily solved by putting the contents in a ziplock to...

I don't have any great advice for you, but I just wanted to compliment you on that really cool old suitcase. :)

But I will share my thoughts as long as I'm here. I have both an Aeronaut 30 and a...

If it isn’t wet or visibly dirty under the seat, I never worry about it. I haven’t caught any diseases from my bag, as far as I know.

Seems to me the dirtiest part of the airline floor is not the...

In my case, living in Texas with kids/grandkids in the distant Northeast, anything but plane travel is unfeasible from a timing standpoint. It would add days of travel time (and hardship) that we...

@fredlet, thanks for the stylebook recommendation! Cool app!


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I don’t own a ristretto so I can’t help you there, but my first instinct for your load (which doesn’t sound that big) was the copilot which you don’t like. I have carried my Surface Pro in the...

I have two side effects that get way more use than my side kick. The side kick will fit my Rocketbook notebook though, so I do carry it sometimes. I tend to put my tethered items in the pockets below...

That stress of having more than one beloved bag is a feeling I can totally identify with! In my life before Tom Bihn, I too used to carry a single bag until it wore out. My last one was a BBP...

I use Scrivener to plan out content for websites, to write and organize books and guides, and as an organizing tool for projects of any size. I love that Scrivener accepts any sort of file...

I haven’t used Ulysses, but I am a big fan of Scrivener. I have read various comparisons between the two. Here is a good review: https://zapier.com/blog/ulysses-scrivener/


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I would say continue to use the Smart Alec as your personal item, as it has the capacity to strap things on it to increase its volume, yet it still looks/fits like a personal item. I like to clip my...