Posted by Richard on 20th Oct 2015
The Henty story is a ripper. Two guys design a product to solve a problem they faced. The business grows, they leave their day-jobs and go full-time on their product.
The SMH recently profiled Jeremy and Jon. Nice article about a couple of great guys.
The US website The Run Commuter seem to like the Henty Wingman Backpack for running:Overall, it is extremely well-made, durable, and works pretty well for running. It would be ideal for run commuters who bring a suit or two in on Monday, and bring it back home on Friday. I would forgo carrying a laptop, as [...]
Pretty excited about the next generation M-Boye backpack. The current M-Boye backpack was the very first product we sold at Bags in Motion and it remains a favourite product. I continue to use my M-Boye backpack for daily commuting - it is quite simply the best cycling backpack I've ever found.Melbourne designer Mark Nowson has just launched [...]
Simon Vincett is the well-respected Riding Editor for Bicycle Network's Ride-On magazine. You know that when he likes a product it's a good product. So what did Simon think of the Henty Backpack when he reviewed it in February-March 2015?39/40 for function, 39/40 for quality, 9/10 for price and 9/10 for appearance ... an overall rating [...]
Recently we were fortunate to have a holiday in Broome and the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Even though it wasn't a cycling holiday we still needed to carry gear so we took a couple of the M-Boye Reflective Backpacks with us and they worked great!The M-Boye backpack is designed with adjustable shoulder and waist straps, [...]
The Institute of Transport Studies at Monash University is conducting a survey on e-Bikes. They are looking for people who own an e-Bike, have ridden an e-Bike or are thinking of riding an e-Bike.Is that you?Happy to give them your opinion?Here's the survey link. It took me less than 5 minutes to complete the survey.And if you're [...]
Whilst the number of Easyfit colours has decreased, Yepp has increased the colour range for the Yepp Mini. And what great colours they've added.Yellow:Purple:They have the same great Yepp feel, the same great durability and they're available right now from Bags in Motion!
I have to admit, this has come as a surprise. Yepp have ceased production of all bar the Black and Silver Easyfit seats!Whilst both Black and Silver have been very popular - they do look great - I'm certainly going to miss the orange, blue and lime colours!At the time of writing we have 1 [...]
The awards keep coming in for Yepp childseats!Both the Yepp Mini and the Yepp Maxi won “2014 GOOD DESIGN AWARDs” from The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.See the Awards website for more info.And to buy your own Yepp seats:Yepp MiniYepp MaxiYepp Easyfit Maxi
We've previously asked the question: how do you carry your groceries in Australia? But you might ask, how do we deliver our products?Well, most are delivered by Courier, but when the customer is within range of Hampton then we might employ the personal Bags in Motion touch. Here's a delivery earlier this year to South Yarra!The product [...]