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My son's coach just found an old, but still in good condition, large fencing bag in his basement and gifted it to my son. The problem is that it is large and unwieldy. He takes public transport (including underground) to and from training 3 days a week, which includes a 10 minute walk from our apartment to the station and another few minutes walk from the station to training hall. Which is why he currently uses a sport duffel that can be worn as a backpack along with a separate weapon sling.

My son is super proud and excited to have been chosen to receive it and is dead set on using it. It isn't designed to be carried as a backpack. It might be more manageable if it had wheels, but a quick Google search seems to indicate a non roll bag can't be retrofitted because it doesn't have a stiff end plate or internal structure to support wheels. Is that really the case, or is there a way we can convert it to a roll bag?

Thanks for any help / ideas!

ETA - he's 11 and on the small size for his age. He takes public transport on his own, so has to be able to manage the kit bag on his own.

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