The Mosquito Bikers and Timbuk2

Timbuk2 has a nice post on their blog today on the SF MAC Team’s use of the Timbuk2 Pork Chop Belt Pack. [Read Post]. Since they mentioned it, we decided we should share how we came to use the bag.

For the past few years the Mosquito Bikers have used traditional messenger bags to carry the tools necessary to inspect the more than 22,000 catch basins (storm drains) in San Francisco. The bikers carry a number of tools including maps pinpointing the City’s catch basins, GPS enabled phones to detail inspection results and provide GPS markers for the catch basins, and a bio-control microbial larvacide called Vectolex that prevents mosquito larvae from turning into adult mosquitoes. (Check out the story NPR did on the Mosquito Bikers to learn more about Vectolex). The MAC Team found using a messenger bag more strenuous than necessary to carry and manage when individually inspecting every catch basin. So one of the bikers, Bryan, started using a fanny pack to carry everything he needed. Luis Agurto, who manages the MAC Team at Pestec, liked Bryan’s idea, so he set out to find the perfect bag to meet the needs of the Bikers. Luis came back with a few options for the Bikers to test out on the job. The bikers overwhelmingly agreed that the Timbuk2 pack was the best, so Luis bought them for the whole team.

We also thought it was important to buy locally, so we are proud to sport locally produced Timbuk2 gear while we complete our mission of fighting the mosquitoes bugging the residents of the City and County of San Francisco to keep all of us healthy.

Special thanks to the team at Timbuk2 for the shout out.

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