Hi Everyone,
I start school tomorrow and I decided to go with a backpack for now..I got an L.L.Bean,Turbo Transit,since it has the seperate shoe storage area and tons of room.I weighed it with my heaviest books and it's gonna be between 25-30 lbs. The whole time I am riding,i will be dreaming of how much faster i will be without it and 12 miles each way will let me vary my workouts.i.e.,intervals,spinning,pushing hard gears,etc.Thanks again for all your great suggestions.I wrote several down for future reference!!!