Useful thing to keep in your toolbag.

[Chris Gerhard]

Something that I have found very useful on more than one occasion in my bike bag are a few cable
ties. Small ones can replace nuts and bolts that hold on racks and mudguards.

Longer ones can even hold on a front light and mudguard if the screw at the top of the forks comes
undone, as mine did yesterday.

--
Chris dot Gerhard at btclick dot com.

[Tony W]

"Chris Gerhard" <no_spam@not_btclick.com> wrote in message
news:bk6p96$14s$1@sparta.btinternet.com...
>
> Something that I have found very useful on more than one occasion in my bike bag are a few cable
> ties. Small ones can replace nuts and bolts that hold on racks and mudguards.
>
> Longer ones can even hold on a front light and mudguard if the screw at
the
> top of the forks comes undone, as mine did yesterday.

When touring I like a good hank of polypropylene string (fairly non stretchy stuff) which has been
used as a washing line and then recycled to lash broken bits of a rack together.

1001 other uses yet to be found.

T

[Anonymous]

"Chris Gerhard" <no_spam@not_btclick.com> wrote in message
news:bk6p96$14s$1@sparta.btinternet.com...

> Longer ones can even hold on a front light and mudguard if the screw at
the
> top of the forks comes undone, as mine did yesterday.

Or if you nick the screw at the top of the forks to replace the saddle bolt that's just snapped. (2
bolt post using m5 bolts) (I now carry a spare saddle bolt...)

cheers, clive

[Marc]

Chris Gerhard <no_spam@not_btclick.com> wrote:

> Something that I have found very useful on more than one occasion in my bike bag are a few cable
> ties. Small ones can replace nuts and bolts that hold on racks and mudguards.

I stuff them inside my handlebars

--
Marc Stickers,decals,membership,cards, T shirts, signs etc for clubs and associations of all types.
http://www.jaceeprint.demon.co.uk/

[Tony Raven]

Chris Gerhard wrote:
> Something that I have found very useful on more than one occasion in my bike bag are a few cable
> ties. Small ones can replace nuts and bolts that hold on racks and mudguards.
>
> Longer ones can even hold on a front light and mudguard if the screw at the top of the forks comes
> undone, as mine did yesterday.

Agree wholeheartedly. When a spocket shattered on Sue and Gemma's tandem and fell onto the road in
the middle of Denmark, two cable ties used as spacers where the sprocket had been kept the gears in
good enough position to get the 12 miles to the nearest bike shop. Probably the most creative
running repair I've had to do.

Tony

--
"If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything." Mark Twain

[Mutz]

On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 10:39:34 +0000 (UTC), Chris Gerhard <no_spam@not_btclick.com> wrote:

>
>Something that I have found very useful on more than one occasion in my bike bag are a few
>cable ties.

The stays for the mudguards on my hack bike have been held on with cable ties for years with no
probs. Oh and Lidl have an offer on cable ties this week as well.

[Al_mossah]

"Mutz" <foaming@themouth.com> wrote in message news:n60gmv8ea5a2tgdm2gfupv4me67l2363i3@4ax.com...
> On Tue, 16 Sep 2003 10:39:34 +0000 (UTC), Chris Gerhard <no_spam@not_btclick.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >Something that I have found very useful on more than one occasion in my bike bag are a few
> >cable ties.
>
> The stays for the mudguards on my hack bike have been held on with cable ties for years with no
> probs. Oh and Lidl have an offer on cable ties this week as well.
>
>
A knife to cut up the cable-ties you see stored on lamp-posts, waiting for a passing cyclist to have
need of one (just one of the many well-thought-out and cycling-friendly initiatives provided by
local councils the length and breadth of the land.)

Peter

[Marc]

al_Mossah <peterkmossnospam@nospambtopenworld.com> wrote:

> > The stays for the mudguards on my hack bike have been held on with cable ties for years with no
> > probs. Oh and Lidl have an offer on cable ties this week as well.
> >
> >
> A knife to cut up the cable-ties you see stored on lamp-posts, waiting for a passing cyclist to
> have need of one

???? What can you do with a cut cable-tie?

101 uses for a used cable tie?

--
Marc Stickers,decals,membership,cards, T shirts, signs etc for clubs and associations of all types.
http://www.jaceeprint.demon.co.uk/

[Ian]

marc must be edykated coz e writed:

> al_Mossah <peterkmossnospam@nospambtopenworld.com> wrote:
>
>>> The stays for the mudguards on my hack bike have been held on with cable ties for years with no
>>> probs. Oh and Lidl have an offer on cable ties this week as well.
>>>
>>>
>> A knife to cut up the cable-ties you see stored on lamp-posts, waiting for a passing cyclist to
>> have need of one
>
> ???? What can you do with a cut cable-tie?
>
> 101 uses for a used cable tie?
>
If you cut it at the right end you can used it on something of lesser diameter to a lamp post.

--
Ian

http://www.catrike.co.uk (http://www.catrike.co.uk/)

[Chris Malcolm]

marc@jaceeprint.demon.co.uk (marc) writes:

>al_Mossah <peterkmossnospam@nospambtopenworld.com> wrote:

>> > The stays for the mudguards on my hack bike have been held on with cable ties for years with no
>> > probs. Oh and Lidl have an offer on cable ties this week as well.

>> A knife to cut up the cable-ties you see stored on lamp-posts, waiting for a passing cyclist to
>> have need of one

>???? What can you do with a cut cable-tie?

>101 uses for a used cable tie?

It will still work on smaller diameter ties.

But with a tiny screwdriver or pointy knife you can prise a cable tie off without cutting it by
opening the ratchet. That means you can also recover those which are thoughtfully stored on railings
for the use of passing cyclists.

Another useful DIY pick-up are the flat steel brush spines which council gutter cleaning lorries
leave behind in the gutters. A worn one is just the right shape for picking a Yale lock if you've
forgotten your key (and also have a small screwdriver), and saves a policeman being suspicious if
you carried one in your toolbag.

It's always useful to carry a small roll of steel wire in case you run out of cable ties, providing
you also carry pliers which can cut and twist wire :-)

--
Chris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's
Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

[Marc]

Ian <spamandchips@greasy.joes> wrote:

> >>> The stays for the mudguards on my hack bike have been held on with >
> >>cable ties for years with no probs. Oh and Lidl have an offer on cable > ties this week as well.
> >>> > A knife to cut up the cable-ties you see stored on lamp-posts, waiting for a passing cyclist
> >>to have need of one
> >
> > ???? What can you do with a cut cable-tie?
> >
> > 101 uses for a used cable tie?
> >
> If you cut it at the right end you can used it on something of lesser diameter to a lamp post.

Oh yes ! Right , thanks!

--
Marc Stickers,decals,membership,cards, T shirts, signs etc for clubs and associations of all types.
http://www.jaceeprint.demon.co.uk/

[M-Gineering Imp]

marc wrote:
>
> Ian <spamandchips@greasy.joes> wrote:
>
> > >>> The stays for the mudguards on my hack bike have been held on with >
> > >>cable ties for years with no probs. Oh and Lidl have an offer on cable > ties this week as
> > >>well. > > A knife to cut up the cable-ties you see stored on lamp-posts, waiting for a passing
> > >>cyclist to have need of one
> > >
> > > ???? What can you do with a cut cable-tie?
> > >
> > > 101 uses for a used cable tie?
> > >
> > If you cut it at the right end you can used it on something of lesser diameter to a lamp post.
>
> Oh yes ! Right , thanks!

or if you can get inside the cable-tie, you can easily release the ratchet with a small screwdriver

--
Marten

[Al_mossah]

"M-Gineering import & framebouw" <info@M-Gineering.nl> wrote in message
news:3F684219.59B56CB8@M-Gineering.nl...
> marc wrote:
> >
> > Ian <spamandchips@greasy.joes> wrote:
> >
> > > >>> The stays for the mudguards on my hack bike have been held on with
>
> > > >>cable ties for years with no probs. Oh and Lidl have an offer on
cable >
> > > >>ties this week as well. > > A knife to cut up the cable-ties you see stored on lamp-posts,
> > > >>waiting for a passing cyclist to have need of
one
> > > >
> > > > ???? What can you do with a cut cable-tie?
> > > >
> > > > 101 uses for a used cable tie?
> > > >
> > > If you cut it at the right end you can used it on something of lesser diameter to a lamp post.
> >
> > Oh yes ! Right , thanks!
>
> or if you can get inside the cable-tie, you can easily release the ratchet with a small
> screwdriver
>
> --
> Marten
Marten,

I bow to your superior technique.

Peter

[Pete Biggs]

Ian wrote:

>> 101 uses for a used cable tie?
>>
> If you cut it at the right end you can used it on something of lesser diameter to a lamp post.

Before reading this thread, I never thought to reuse a cable tie simply by pulling the short cut
length through. The number of ties I've thrown away!! :-( How thick am I?!!!! Don't answer that! :-)

Thank you very much Peter and Ian.

~PB

[Geoff Bowles]

You can get re-usable cable ties. I usually have a few handy for work, but hadn't thought to keep
them on the bike - thanks for the tip!

"Chris Malcolm" <cam@holyrood.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message news:bk9iku$qk0$1@scotsman.ed.ac.uk...
> marc@jaceeprint.demon.co.uk (marc) writes:
>
> >al_Mossah <peterkmossnospam@nospambtopenworld.com> wrote:
>
> >> > The stays for the mudguards on my hack bike have been held on with cable ties for years with
> >> > no probs. Oh and Lidl have an offer on
cable
> >> > ties this week as well.
>
> >> A knife to cut up the cable-ties you see stored on lamp-posts, waiting
for a
> >> passing cyclist to have need of one
>
> >???? What can you do with a cut cable-tie?
>
> >101 uses for a used cable tie?
>
> It will still work on smaller diameter ties.
>
> But with a tiny screwdriver or pointy knife you can prise a cable tie off without cutting it by
> opening the ratchet. That means you can also recover those which are thoughtfully stored on
> railings for the use of passing cyclists.
>
> Another useful DIY pick-up are the flat steel brush spines which council gutter cleaning lorries
> leave behind in the gutters. A worn one is just the right shape for picking a Yale lock if you've
> forgotten your key (and also have a small screwdriver), and saves a policeman being suspicious if
> you carried one in your toolbag.
>
> It's always useful to carry a small roll of steel wire in case you run out of cable ties,
> providing you also carry pliers which can cut and twist wire :-)
>
> --
> Chris Malcolm cam@infirmatics.ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 3445 DoD #205 IPAB, Informatics, JCMB,
> King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK [http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

[Marc]

Pete Biggs <pLime{remove_fruit}@biggs.tc> wrote:

> >> 101 uses for a used cable tie?
> >>
> > If you cut it at the right end you can used it on something of lesser diameter to a lamp post.
>
> Before reading this thread, I never thought to reuse a cable tie simply by pulling the short
> cut length through. The number of ties I've thrown away!! :-( How thick am I?!!!! Don't answer
> that! :-)

As thick as me obviously