How to protect an M6 on a bicycle trip ?

[thurows]

consider 1 or two Domke inserts.

Roland.

I second the Domke insert. They're available from all the big mail order stores in NYC. Use your camera and enjoy your camera unless your idea of enjoying it is being able to sell it as LN one day.

 

[Goodyear]

That's part of why I like the Leicas - mine get flung into a shoulder bag with my notebooks etc and no further thought or care. No problems yet, they survive dead easy.

 

[Niko]

Hi,Belive it or not, I carry my MP with my on almost all of my bike rides except the races and long/hard-core road/off road rides. I ride primarily cyclocross and road but occasionally hard-core off-road (mtb). In any event, I almost always cary the camera in my messenger bag. I use the old school timbuk2 pee-wee bag. And I must say that the camera is much more accessible to me from the shoulder/messenger bag.
However, if you don't do nay aggressive and fast riding, you'll be fine with a frame/handlebar mounted bag. Except I still think that a backpack or a shoulder bag is better since your body will absorb a lot of small shocks that the bike frame would not.

I also carry a camera on all my rides. And usually i do it exactly as you do ! I have a "Bagaboo" -messenger bag, which i use if not mountain-biking (xc). Then i use the CamelBAK Mule. For long and fast road rides i leave the heavier cameras at home and just slip my XA in my jersey´s pocket. Of course, i also don´t carry cameras while racing 🙂

But for a trip involving 6+ hours riding every day, i´m sure having anything on my back/shoulder wouldn´t have been comfortable. Sure, much better for the camera, but that´s secondary to riding comfortably...

Niko