Mudguards on sale.

Wilfred Kazoks said:

If you are in the market of full length mudguards for a 26"wheel, I saw some
Giant branded black plastic ones at a bike shop on Maroondah Hwy in
Nunawading. Near the DickSmith Powerhouse across from Freedom Furniture.

That's a Bicycle Stuporstore. I'm not sure what Giant are putting
their sticker on re the manufacturer.

Quoted message said:

They were in a box marked 50% off which should make them $15 a set. There
were 3 sets there today.

Looked a lot like the Zefal ones for $60 but just plastic, quite flexible
though.

Zefal make a number of different ones, one that has a screw cap to the
seatpost and is all plastic, retails for around $30, and is pretty
flexible and is a 30s job to fit & remove - they also make one that
drops down to the seat tube and is a little more fiddly, and has chrome
plated bits around the bracket, which may or may not be metal, and they
bolt to the seatstay brace if your bike has one.

Quoted message said:

There was various other decorative type mudguards available too.

And spokeydokes?

"Bleve" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

And spokeydokes?

Ok, i'll bite. WTF is a "spokeydoke"?

Regards Wilfred

Wilfred Kazoks said:

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Quoted message said:

And spokeydokes?

Ok, i'll bite. WTF is a "spokeydoke"?

On kids bikes, they're like beads, they go on the spokes, and when the
wheels turn, they move on the spokes and bang into the rim. Little
girls love 'em. Ob joke to play on a roady is to put spokeydokes on
their wheels 🙂 Triathaletes are known to think they're
performance-enhancing and seek them out if there's a writeup on them in
the latest trihard news or something 🙂

Bleve said:

On kids bikes, they're like beads, they go on the spokes, and when the
wheels turn, they move on the spokes and bang into the rim. Little
girls love 'em. Ob joke to play on a roady is to put spokeydokes on
their wheels 🙂 Triathaletes are known to think they're
performance-enhancing and seek them out if there's a writeup on them in
the latest trihard news or something 🙂

F**K ME...!! Id better get some.... might make me swim faster!

MikeyOz said:

Bleve said:

On kids bikes, they're like beads, they go on the spokes, and when the
wheels turn, they move on the spokes and bang into the rim. Little
girls love 'em. Ob joke to play on a roady is to put spokeydokes on
their wheels 🙂 Triathaletes are known to think they're
performance-enhancing and seek them out if there's a writeup on them
in
the latest trihard news or something 🙂

F**K ME...!! Id better get some.... might make me swim faster!

Make sure you get the titanium ones!. The plastic ones will get caught
in your
runners at transition 🙂

Bleve said:

Wilfred Kazoks said:

"Bleve" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

And spokeydokes?

Ok, i'll bite. WTF is a "spokeydoke"?

On kids bikes, they're like beads, they go on the spokes, and when the
wheels turn, they move on the spokes and bang into the rim. Little
girls love 'em. Ob joke to play on a roady is to put spokeydokes on
their wheels 🙂 Triathaletes are known to think they're
performance-enhancing and seek them out if there's a writeup on them in
the latest trihard news or something 🙂

There's a bike parked outside IBM at Southgate some days and it has both
wheels full of them.

Bleve said:

On kids bikes, they're like beads, they go on the spokes, and when the
wheels turn, they move on the spokes and bang into the rim. Little
girls love 'em. Ob joke to play on a roady is to put spokeydokes on
their wheels 🙂

My wife has spokeydokeys on her bike. I'll stick with the soft toys
hanging off the head tube or stem on mine. A bike isn't yours until it's
had something hung off it. The exception is hack commuters which you don't
want to leave anything on.

--
Dave Hughes | [email hidden]
"I've found that nurturing one's Zen nature is vital to dealing with
technology. Violence is pretty damn useful too" - Lionel Lauer

quote='Bleve'MikeyOz said:

Bleve said:

On kids bikes, they're like beads, they go on the spokes, and when the
wheels turn, they move on the spokes and bang into the rim. Little
girls love 'em. Ob joke to play on a roady is to put spokeydokes on
their wheels 🙂 Triathaletes are known to think they're
performance-enhancing and seek them out if there's a writeup on them
in
the latest trihard news or something 🙂

F**K ME...!! Id better get some.... might make me swim faster!

Make sure you get the titanium ones!. The plastic ones will get caught
in your
runners at transition 🙂[/QUOTE]

Do they make them for bladed spokes?

Resound asked about spokiedokes:

Quoted message said:

Do they make them for bladed spokes?

No, you have to get custom ones or mod the standard ones.

Parbs

Parbs said:

No, you have to get custom ones or mod the standard ones.

I have a Dremel and pack of them. Do you think I could add a 0 to the
right end of my net worth after the next Iron Man?

--
Dave Hughes | [email hidden]
"One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that,
lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful termination of
their C programs." -- Robert Firth

Do you have to dismantle the wheel to thread them onto the spokes? :-)

If they had suitable material inside they would be able to clean the spokes
too. Remember when hubs used to have leather loops dangling from them to
keep them nice and shiny. If there was another reason I never knew it.

Wilfred

Quoted message said:

On kids bikes, they're like beads, they go on the spokes, and when the
wheels turn, they move on the spokes and bang into the rim. Little
girls love 'em. Ob joke to play on a roady is to put spokeydokes on
their wheels 🙂 Triathaletes are known to think they're
performance-enhancing and seek them out if there's a writeup on them in
the latest trihard news or something 🙂

Wilfred Kazoks said:

Do you have to dismantle the wheel to thread them onto the spokes? :-)

Naah, they just clip on.
If you're really stuck for cash and can not afford to buy a pack at
Kmart, then cruise your street looking for throw outs that have them on.

<lol, just tried to send this message twice by going :wq, neeeed coffee>

Terryc said:

Wilfred Kazoks said:

Do you have to dismantle the wheel to thread them onto the spokes? :-)

Naah, they just clip on.
If you're really stuck for cash and can not afford to buy a pack at
Kmart, then cruise your street looking for throw outs that have them on.

<lol, just tried to send this message twice by going :wq, neeeed coffee>

My daughters both have spokey-dokeys on their bikes (only $2/pack form
Tarjay), and they wouldn't be seen dead without them - they are an
essential tweenie bike fashion accessory!!

However, they both agree that the pink-&-silver plastic handlebar
streamers are definitely the highlight of their cycling ensemble...

Cheers,
Abby (whose daughters have him on a STEEP learning curve...)

Wilfred Kazoks said:

Remember when hubs used to have leather loops dangling from them to
keep them nice and shiny. If there was another reason I never knew it.

Wilfred

So is that what that's for!!

I picked up two old Malvern Star singlespeeds in hard rubbish this weekend and both had that ratty old rag tied around the hub - Couldn't work out what the heck it was there for, but too afraid that there must be some old-school magic to it...

Absent Husband said:

Terryc said:

Wilfred Kazoks said:

Do you have to dismantle the wheel to thread them onto the spokes? :-)

Naah, they just clip on.
If you're really stuck for cash and can not afford to buy a pack at
Kmart, then cruise your street looking for throw outs that have them on.

<lol, just tried to send this message twice by going :wq, neeeed coffee>

My daughters both have spokey-dokeys on their bikes (only $2/pack form
Tarjay), and they wouldn't be seen dead without them - they are an
essential tweenie bike fashion accessory!!

However, they both agree that the pink-&-silver plastic handlebar
streamers are definitely the highlight of their cycling ensemble...

Cheers,
Abby (whose daughters have him on a STEEP learning curve...)

Thanks for the tipoff. I've been looking for those for my new shopping
bike.

T

eddiec said:

Wilfred Kazoks said:

Remember when hubs used to have leather loops dangling from them to
keep them nice and shiny. If there was another reason I never knew it.

Wilfred

So is that what that's for!!

I picked up two old Malvern Star singlespeeds in hard rubbish this
weekend and both had that ratty old rag tied around the hub - Couldn't
work out what the heck it was there for, but too afraid that there must
be some old-school magic to it...

I remember having these on the hubs of my old single
and three speeds when I were a li'l tacker. It always
seemed to me that although one had nice shiny hubs
(at least in the middle section), this was somewhat
offset by having a manky piece of cloth knotted hanging
from the wheel.

I might put them on one of my current bikes for that
retro look.

DeF.

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To reply, you'll have to remove your finger.

DeF said:

eddiec said:

Wilfred Kazoks said:

Remember when hubs used to have leather loops dangling from them to
keep them nice and shiny. If there was another reason I never knew it.

Wilfred

So is that what that's for!!
I picked up two old Malvern Star singlespeeds in hard rubbish this
weekend and both had that ratty old rag tied around the hub - Couldn't
work out what the heck it was there for, but too afraid that there must
be some old-school magic to it...

I remember having these on the hubs of my old single
and three speeds when I were a li'l tacker. It always
seemed to me that although one had nice shiny hubs
(at least in the middle section), this was somewhat
offset by having a manky piece of cloth knotted hanging
from the wheel.

I might put them on one of my current bikes for that
retro look.

DeF.

A little oil on the leather straps now & again if needed - but most of
the old hubs had an oil hole in the middle, covered with a little spring
clip to keep out the dirt, so no oil needed if you did your maintenance
right.

I'm showing my age now ... but I loved my first bike 🙂

Karen

--
"I'd far rather be happy than right any day."
- Slartibartfast

eddiec said:

Wilfred Kazoks said:

Remember when hubs used to have leather loops dangling from them to
keep them nice and shiny. If there was another reason I never knew
it.

Quoted message said:

So is that what that's for!!

I picked up two old Malvern Star singlespeeds in hard rubbish this
weekend and both had that ratty old rag tied around the hub - Couldn't
work out what the heck it was there for, but too afraid that there
must be some old-school magic to it...

It also stops the old steel hubs from rusting by removing dirt and water. It
was a de riguer accessory in my younger days. And shiny hubs are "cool", or
back in those days, "hot".

Theo

Absent Husband said:

Terryc said:

Wilfred Kazoks said:

Do you have to dismantle the wheel to thread them onto the spokes? :-)

Naah, they just clip on.
If you're really stuck for cash and can not afford to buy a pack at
Kmart, then cruise your street looking for throw outs that have them on.

<lol, just tried to send this message twice by going :wq, neeeed coffee>

My daughters both have spokey-dokeys on their bikes (only $2/pack form
Tarjay), and they wouldn't be seen dead without them - they are an
essential tweenie bike fashion accessory!!

However, they both agree that the pink-&-silver plastic handlebar
streamers are definitely the highlight of their cycling ensemble...

Cheers,
Abby (whose daughters have him on a STEEP learning curve...)

For the ultimate spokey doke, go to http://www.adafruit.com.

I've just put together 2 SpokePOVs and they rock!

Watch out for me if in Perth!