Had a discussion with my fellow organisers about drop bags for the event we're organising.
I suggested we get a big batch of bags like these:
Even potentially having them printed up with the ride name etc... We could then give these out at the bike check.
The counter point was that they aren't that big, and that what do people do with the bag they brought their drop bag contents in to get to the start.
They suggested a cheap holdall type affair that works out at about the same price, but has a slightly larger volume. I countered that it wasn't ideal for sticking over your shoulder to carry on the bike, if you wanted to take the drop bag with you contents included, rather than swap contents, and hand back to take to the next location.
What we are in agreement on is that we want to provide a drop bag to everyone, so they are all the same, and we don't have any issues with capacity in the van.
The question is, for those of you more experienced in this sort of thing (LEL veterans I'm kinda looking at you here). What are your thoughts here? Would you be ok with being handede an issue bag at the bike check to put your stuff in? Is having a bag you can easily ride with important? How much stuff do you normally put in your drop bags?
Thanks
J