KIWI RIDER 05 2020 VOL2 | Page 88

PRODUCT REVIEW OGIO RIG 9800 Bagged and tagged. Words & Photos: Mathieu Day-Gillet I t doesn’t matter what bike you ride, at some point in your riding life you’ll find a need to chuck all your riding gear into a bag and head off in search of adventure or pack a family’s worth of kit for your next escape. In KR’s line of work, this is a common occurrence and as such, we value a decent gear bag capable of doing the hard yards as we make our way across NZ and beyond testing bikes for Kiwi Rider. So, with the call up to the big leagues with KR, I needed to get myself a decent bag to cart my kit about in. KR’s publisher Vege organised the very stylish Ogio Rig 9800 for me through Kiwi distributor Northern Accessories, which produces the Dirt Guide and Road Guide. While I’ve previously gotten by with department store luggage, it never truly did a good job of carting my bike gear from place to place. The biggest problem with that department store stuff was the shape of the bag, which didn’t translate well into cramming in a pair of boots, helmet and riding suit along with enough changes of undies to not feel... umm... gross. Things get even more interesting if you want to separate said undies from the rest of your kit once they get “the waft”. Moving to the Ogio felt like I’d all of a sudden moved from a Fiat 500 to a Ford Ranger, there’s 88 KIWI RIDER