Daggiest bike accessory

[DeF]

At the risk of offending upstanding members of the bent
riding community...

I was riding home from work the other day and
caught up with a bent (yes, he did have a flowing
beard) at some lights. He had an improvised rear
pannier that consisted of a flip top plastic kitchen
bin bolted to his frame. The bin included a mount
for a rear light and another for his flag.

But that's not the subject of this post. The daggiest
accessory was the circular white reflector bolted to
the sole of his right boot to improve his visibility
to oncoming traffic.

Well it was the funniest thing I saw that day...

DeF.
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[cfsmtb]

But that's not the subject of this post. The daggiest
accessory was the circular white reflector bolted to
the sole of his right boot to improve his visibility
to oncoming traffic.

Well it was the funniest thing I saw that day...

I've got one better. Found it while cleaning out the shed last weekend. It's actually designed to be a bicycle component.

Have to find it again and take a photo so it's full glory can be truly appreciated.

More soon.

 

[monsterman]

I've got one better. Found it while cleaning out the shed last weekend. It's actually designed to be a bicycle component.

Have to find it again and take a photo so it's full glory can be truly appreciated.

More soon.

C'mon - the suspence is killing me!!!!!!

 

[monsterman]

C'mon - the suspence is killing me!!!!!!

as is my inabillitee to spel

 

[PiledHigher]

My pet hate is the bumbag, usually with a jersey on as well.

The jersey has pockets use them!!

 

[Theo Bekkers]

PiledHigher wrote:
> My pet hate is the bumbag, usually with a jersey on as well.
>
> The jersey has pockets use them!!

My pet hate is the fashion police.

Theo

 

[MikeyOz]

My pet hate is the bumbag, usually with a jersey on as well.

The jersey has pockets use them!!

Every time I see one of one riding behind someone I just want to reach out and rip it off!

 

[Zebee Johnstone]

In aus.bicycle on 12 Apr 2007 23:30:51 -0700
PiledHigher <[email protected]> wrote:
> My pet hate is the bumbag, usually with a jersey on as well.
>

At least that *can't* be in the recumbent dress code...

Zebee
- who has pondered http://tinyurl.com/2cojde but is too cheap....

 

[Joel Mayes]

On 2007-04-13, cfsmtb <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> DeF Wrote:
>>
>>
>> But that's not the subject of this post. The daggiest
>> accessory was the circular white reflector bolted to
>> the sole of his right boot to improve his visibility
>> to oncoming traffic.
>>
>> Well it was the funniest thing I saw that day...
>>
>>
>
>
> I've got one better. Found it while cleaning out the shed last weekend.
> It's actually designed to be a bicycle component.
>
> Have to find it again and take a photo so it's full glory can be truly
> appreciated.
>
> More soon.

Does it beat the left/right turn indicator lights?

 

[Dave]

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 07:05:51 +0000, Zebee Johnstone wrote:

> At least that *can't* be in the recumbent dress code...

Never heard of a ***** bag?
(Just 'cause the US are a bit backwards)
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[cfsmtb]

C'mon - the suspence is killing me!!!!!!

Fuggin Coppermine is giving me the shts, so I've popped the pictures into the image folder.

http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/BikeAM-FMRadio1.jpg
http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/BikeAM-FMRadio2.jpg
http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/BikeAM-FMRadio3.gif

Reckon this tidy unit lays waste on any fancypants MP3 player on the market, but the doppler effect at speeds over 20kph makes listening to the footy slightly difficult. Although I'm toying with the idea of retrofitting it with a luxeon. Which would probably completely fk everything without a adequate heatsink.

 

[TimC]

On 2007-04-14, cfsmtb (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
>
> monsterman Wrote:
>> C'mon - the suspence is killing me!!!!!!
>
> Fuggin Coppermine is giving me the shts, so I've popped the pictures
> into the image folder.
>
> http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/BikeAM-FMRadio1.jpg
> http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/BikeAM-FMRadio2.jpg
> http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/BikeAM-FMRadio3.gif
>
> Reckon this tidy unit lays waste on any fancypants MP3 player on the
> market, but the doppler effect at speeds over 20kph makes listening to
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Do you regularly travel at a non zero velocity relative to your bike?

I'd get that looked into if I were you!

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[Evan]

DeF > wrote:
> At the risk of offending upstanding members of the bent
> riding community...
>
> I was riding home from work the other day and
> caught up with a bent

Don't believe you!!

>at some lights.

Ok. That explains it. Now I believe you

> He had an improvised rear
> pannier that consisted of a flip top plastic kitchen
> bin bolted to his frame. The bin included a mount
> for a rear light and another for his flag.

I passed a guy once who had a standard plastic toilet cistern attached
to each side of his rear wheel. Looked like it worked pretty well.

 

[Terryc]

cfsmtb wrote:

You didn't show the mounting system,

> Reckon this tidy unit lays waste on any fancypants MP3 player on the
> market, but the doppler effect at speeds over 20kph makes listening to
> the footy slightly difficult. Although I'm toying with the idea of
> retrofitting it with a luxeon. Which would probably completely fk
> everything without a adequate heatsink.

One of the Aust electronics magazine(?) gave away a yellow slim brick
am/fm radio about a decade or so ago. Sat upright on the nand;lebars on
a flat bar mount (which still haunts the bits and bos containers here.
no idea what happened to the radio as I prefer as much silence as I can get.

 

[DeF]

cfsmtb wrote:
> monsterman Wrote:
>> C'mon - the suspence is killing me!!!!!!
>
> Fuggin Coppermine is giving me the shts, so I've popped the pictures
> into the image folder.
>
> http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/BikeAM-FMRadio1.jpg
> http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/BikeAM-FMRadio2.jpg
> http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/BikeAM-FMRadio3.gif
>
> Reckon this tidy unit lays waste on any fancypants MP3 player on the
> market, but the doppler effect at speeds over 20kph makes listening to
> the footy slightly difficult. Although I'm toying with the idea of
> retrofitting it with a luxeon. Which would probably completely fk
> everything without a adequate heatsink.
>
>

That is an object of beauty. I remember having something
similar when I was a tacker. No torch component, just a
bar mounted am radio with speaker facing the rider. I
took it off in the end as it clashed with the bar-bag I
had at the time. It continued its life as a bathroom
radio mounted on the shower curtain rail. Marvelous. I can
remember struggling to ride along trying to turn the bars
to get good reception (AM aerials are very directional).

DeF.

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[monsterman]

Fuggin Coppermine is giving me the shts, so I've popped the pictures into the image folder.

http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/BikeAM-FMRadio1.jpg
http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/BikeAM-FMRadio2.jpg
http://www.cfsmtb.net/images/BikeAM-FMRadio3.gif

Reckon this tidy unit lays waste on any fancypants MP3 player on the market, but the doppler effect at speeds over 20kph makes listening to the footy slightly difficult. Although I'm toying with the idea of retrofitting it with a luxeon. Which would probably completely fk everything without a adequate heatsink.

Something like that would totally pimp out my MTB. I'd stick that one one side of the bars, and on the other I'd have one of those motor-bike throttle twistable handlebar thingies that when you twisted/ripped the throttle made this "ROAR" noise like some clapped out RM80 trail bike. I think they were actually called "roar power". Definitely from the same era as your hi-tech iluminating sound-box

 

[cfsmtb]

You didn't show the mounting system,

God knows where that is, from memory it was in the same funky grey colour scheme, a horizontal light mount on the handlebar, with a hi-tech fasterner. (i.e.: mildly useless nylon lock nut & bolt).

Now back to the enthralling Iron Chef Shiitake Mushroom Battle.

 

[Aeek]

On Sat, 14 Apr 2007 20:58:38 +1000, cfsmtb
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Now back to the enthralling Iron Chef Shiitake Mushroom Battle.

Who won, the Chef or the Shitake ?

 

[John Pitts]

On 2007-04-14, Evan <evan@thegroup> wrote:

> I passed a guy once who had a standard plastic toilet cistern attached
> to each side of his rear wheel. Looked like it worked pretty well.

Mine look a bit like that. They're made from white plastic kitchen
tidies. Cheap and daggy, but functional.

--
John
Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.

 

[DeF]

John Pitts wrote:
> On 2007-04-14, Evan <evan@thegroup> wrote:
>
>> I passed a guy once who had a standard plastic toilet cistern attached
>> to each side of his rear wheel. Looked like it worked pretty well.
>
> Mine look a bit like that. They're made from white plastic kitchen
> tidies. Cheap and daggy, but functional.
>

John, you don't ride a bent with a reflector on the sole of your
right boot do you? See the OP!

DeF.

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