People say that “necessity is the mother of invention,” and that’s exactly the way Alchemy Goods got started. My messenger bag got stolen and I needed another one. But I’m not the kind of guy who just goes out and buys stuff without doing some research. So I went to a bunch of local bike stores searching for the perfect bag. There were a couple of considerations: the bag had to be totally waterproof, it had to look cool and it definitely had to be environmentally friendly. Nothing I saw met all three criteria. After a couple of days hunting, I gave up. The perfect messenger bag eluded me. Since I biked to work on a regular basis, there were always extra inner tubes lying around my apartment, and I realized that I could probably build the perfect bag out of stuff I already had. The first prototype was born, using only recycled inner tubes and parts. It wasn’t perfect, but it was exactly what I needed. People saw me wearing the messenger bag around and commented on how much they liked it. A few of my friends wanted their own, and then one of the local bike shops caught a glimpse and expressed interest as well. Each bag improved over the last. Thanks to my friends, demand grew and grew, which led to the founding of Alchemy Goods. So to whoever it was that stole my bag...you were the inspiration for my imagination. But please don’t steal. It’s not nice. Thank you.