Ergonomic (laptop) backpack for commuting

afton · L Plate Warrior Joined: 30 Mar 2021 Karma :

G'day all and greetings Smile

New to the forum here.

I use my bike mainly for commuting between home and office, (about 40 mins each way)
and almost every time I carry my Thinkpad T-series laptop in my backpack which sits on my backbone.

As all off you who've done this, it gets my back really sore after about >30 mins,
because the laptop is straight whereas our backbone is naturally curved.

So I'm wondering if there's a trick to alleviate this?

Or is there a special backpack for this particular purpose?

TIA
Smile

Fat Angry Scotsman · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Jan 2021 Karma :

Kawasaki Jimbo · World Chat Champion Joined: 09 Oct 2015 Karma :

Several manufacturers make rucksacks with a meshed frame which puts a gap between you and the bag. I’m a big fan of these.
Here’s my current one (though I must have bought it in a sale). I’ve had several Deuter Aircomfort 28L bags but they’ve changed the design. I think I’ve seen Ospreys or Lowe Alpine in Cotswold Outdoors with the same frame system.

https://www.trespass.com/deimos-dlx-28-litre-rucksack#color_code=Black+X

sickpup · Old Timer Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Karma :

A top box and rack. Or even a Givi rack and the Givi laptop bag that fixes to it.

The Tot · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Jun 2004 Karma :

I have absolutely no issues riding in my Kriega R25 and R30. I use them as my travel bags too when I used to jet off to europe for 2-3 days for work. 15.6" HP Pavillion went in just fine.

I also use my R3 Hydro and R20 for mountain biking. Distributes the load nice and securely across your chest rather than shoulders and lower back.

Pricey, but worth it. I've had my R20 for 10 years and the 25 and 30 for 6 and 8 years, respectively.
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RachelAlsop · L Plate Warrior Joined: 18 Sep 2021 Karma :

Hi, I completely agree that you need a comfortable backpack because our health remains the most important.

RachelAlsop · L Plate Warrior Joined: 18 Sep 2021 Karma :

I don't have this kind of problem but I don't recommend buying the same backpack as me.

RachelAlsop · L Plate Warrior Joined: 18 Sep 2021 Karma :

Hi, I completely agree that you need a comfortable backpack because our health remains the most important.

xX-Alex-Xx · World Chat Champion Joined: 12 Sep 2019 Karma :

The mods here need to turn on the forum feature where if a thread hasn’t seen activity for x amount of time it gets automatically locked.
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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

Not necessary, what's needed is for spam to be deleted quickly.