Alchemy Goods

Brooklyn Recycled Bike Tube Backpack

One of the first lessons we learned in elementary came while riding our bikes to school: backpacks and bikes often don't mix very well. (Since our backpacks were often full of toys, the next lesson we learned was that toys not hidden from the teacher will be confiscated.) Conventional backpacks tend to hang too loosely and wag back and forth when loaded up, which puts additional strain on your back and is just uncomfortable in general. But the backpack and bike are united gloriously with Alchemy Goods' low-profile Brooklyn Recycled Bike Tube Backpack.

The Brooklyn is made of 45% "upcycled" (Alchemy Goods' term) bicycle inner tubes, the same rubber you trust between you and the road. For us, the term upcycled highlights the fact that these materials aren't being reused in their original role; rather, they're being repurposed in an imaginative way that capitalizes on their inherent qualities. The rubber protects your office supplies, books, or — if you have the same needs that we did in elementary school — toys from the elements.

The Brooklyn's straps are adjustable, so you can keep it close to your body to eliminate the wagging of more unwieldy packs. It features two external pockets with zippers to seal them up, and the interior has the now-standard 15-inch laptop sleeve, so it'll accommodate more grown-up toys ranging from a minimalist notebook to a full-sized, graphic design machine. It also has multiple organizational pockets to organize and further protect your cargo in transit. Once you've arrived, though, protecting the toys from your teacher's notice is up to you.

The Alchemy Goods Brooklyn Recycled Bike Tube Backpack is available in one size and the color Black.