Bikes & Public Transit

[Mr.G.B.]

Have you ever taken your bike on a bus or subway train, and lost
control of it.
Ever had it roll or fall because of the vehicles movement. I have a
solution for this.
Email me for details.
With BIKES & PUBLIC TRANSIT in the subject

 

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Mr.G.B.) wrote:

> Have you ever taken your bike on a bus or subway train, and lost
> control of it.
> Ever had it roll or fall because of the vehicles movement. I have a
> solution for this.
> Email me for details.
> With BIKES & PUBLIC TRANSIT in the subject

Does your solution involve holding onto the darned bike?

Vancouver has allowed bikes on our rapid-transit system (Skytrain) for
about a year now, and I have used it several times. The obvious solution
to this non-problem is to carry a couple of small straps or ties, and
tie the front wheel to the downtube and the bike to a hand-hold pole.

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Ryan Cousineau, [email protected] http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcola/
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

 

[Tom Keats]

In article <[email protected]>,
Ryan Cousineau <[email protected]> writes:

> Vancouver has allowed bikes on our rapid-transit system (Skytrain) for
> about a year now, and I have used it several times. The obvious solution
> to this non-problem is to carry a couple of small straps or ties, and
> tie the front wheel to the downtube and the bike to a hand-hold pole.

Toeclip straps would be secure enough, and would have built-in
'quick release' functionality.


cheers,
Tom

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[Just zis Guy, you know?]

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:40:34 -0700, [email protected] (Tom Keats)
wrote in message <[email protected]>:

>> Vancouver has allowed bikes on our rapid-transit system (Skytrain) for
>> about a year now, and I have used it several times. The obvious solution
>> to this non-problem is to carry a couple of small straps or ties, and
>> tie the front wheel to the downtube and the bike to a hand-hold pole.

>Toeclip straps would be secure enough, and would have built-in
>'quick release' functionality.

That's what I use to stop my 'bent rolling around on the train. One
nylon toestrap, cut to length to fit round the brake lever.

Guy
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[Leo Lichtman]

"Ryan Cousineau" wrote: (clip) The obvious solution to this non-problem is
to carry a couple of small straps or ties, and tie the front wheel to the
downtube and the bike to a hand-hold pole.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
How about a couple of elastic bands or ties on the brake levers?

 

[Elwood Blues]

Spam. If this were legit, it would have been published with the message.

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[Jym Dyer]

> Have you ever taken your bike on a bus or subway train,
> and lost control of it.
> Ever had it roll or fall because of the vehicles movement.
> I have a solution for this.
> Email me for details.

=v= Seeing as how the details couldn't be posted here (for
free), I suspect this is a variety of spam.

=v= Here are several free solutions to such a problem:

o Secure the bike to a nearby pole or fixture with the
chin strap of your helmet.

o Or, secure the bike with a velcro (or other) pants
leg strap.

o Sometimes you can use a pants leg strap to squeeze
your brake lever shut, immobilizing a wheel.

o A bungee cord could do all or any of the above.

<_Jym_>

 

[Claire Petersky]

[email protected] (Mr.G.B.) wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
> Have you ever taken your bike on a bus or subway train, and lost
> control of it.
> Ever had it roll or fall because of the vehicles movement.

No, it stays pretty firmly in the rack designed for this purpose.

Warm Regards,

Claire

 

[=?ISO-8859-9?Q?Kir=E1ly?=]

Leo Lichtman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> "Ryan Cousineau" wrote: (clip) The obvious solution to this non-problem is
> to carry a couple of small straps or ties, and tie the front wheel to the
> downtube and the bike to a hand-hold pole.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> How about a couple of elastic bands or ties on the brake levers?

Even easier: Squeeze the brake levers and shove a penny in the gap to
hold the levers in place.

K.

 

[Ryan Cousineau]

In article <[email protected]>, Jym Dyer <[email protected]>
wrote:

> > Have you ever taken your bike on a bus or subway train,
> > and lost control of it.
> > Ever had it roll or fall because of the vehicles movement.
> > I have a solution for this.
> > Email me for details.
>
> =v= Seeing as how the details couldn't be posted here (for
> free), I suspect this is a variety of spam.
>
> =v= Here are several free solutions to such a problem:
>
> o Secure the bike to a nearby pole or fixture with the
> chin strap of your helmet.

Ooh, I'll try that one!

Thanks,
--
Ryan Cousineau, [email protected] http://www.sfu.ca/~rcousine/wiredcola/
President, Fabrizio Mazzoleni Fan Club

 

[Bernie]

Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:

>On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:40:34 -0700, [email protected] (Tom Keats)
>wrote in message <[email protected]>:
>
>>>Vancouver has allowed bikes on our rapid-transit system (Skytrain) for
>>>about a year now, and I have used it several times. The obvious solution
>>>to this non-problem is to carry a couple of small straps or ties, and
>>>tie the front wheel to the downtube and the bike to a hand-hold pole.
>>>
>
>>Toeclip straps would be secure enough, and would have built-in
>>'quick release' functionality.
>>
>
>That's what I use to stop my 'bent rolling around on the train. One
>nylon toestrap, cut to length to fit round the brake lever.
>
>Guy
>
Exactly. Been using a toestrap as parking brake for years. It keeps
the bike stable while loading panniers, and is perfect when riding the
train.
Bernie