The best bike accessory I've bought so far...

[Random]

So far I'm enjoying riding on my nice new Trek 7300FX, and am managing 5 to
6 miles a day (I could actually go on for longer but I've got stuff to do at
home as opposed to my usual excuse of being knackered!)
I'm aiming at doing at least 10 miles a day by the end of the month and
building up from there to longer rides (20 to 30 miles or so) at the
weekends.

I've got all the normal accessories, lights, computer, wedge bag with multi
tool & spare tube, bell (fitted by the shop but I'll leave it on for now as
it's quite discreet) but the one thing that was bugging me was my lock.

It's the normal coiled up cable lock with a frame mounted holder which sits
inside the frame near where my thights would be when my leg is down.

Only trouble is, the cable tends to flap about a bit as it's quite long and
coiled up and it was annoying me as I couldn't mount it at the back (wedge
bag takes up room) and I didn't want to wrap it round my frame.

Here comes good old Ebay to the rescue, item number 5183249728 - Simple
idea, Velcro ties used for tidying up cables.

Wrap it round the lock cable once, then round the tube on the frame and
voila! No more flapping lock cable.

Also great for securing other things to the frame with quick release - Use
the soft side of the Velcro against the frame and it won't scratch.


Not linked to the seller, just impressed that something so simple would
solve my problem.

Regards



R

 

[Sniper8052(L96A1)]

Random wrote:
> So far I'm enjoying riding on my nice new Trek 7300FX, and am managing 5 to
> 6 miles a day (I could actually go on for longer but I've got stuff to do at
> home as opposed to my usual excuse of being knackered!)
> I'm aiming at doing at least 10 miles a day by the end of the month and
> building up from there to longer rides (20 to 30 miles or so) at the
> weekends.
>
> I've got all the normal accessories, lights, computer, wedge bag with multi
> tool & spare tube, bell (fitted by the shop but I'll leave it on for now as
> it's quite discreet) but the one thing that was bugging me was my lock.
>
> It's the normal coiled up cable lock with a frame mounted holder which sits
> inside the frame near where my thights would be when my leg is down.
>
> Only trouble is, the cable tends to flap about a bit as it's quite long and
> coiled up and it was annoying me as I couldn't mount it at the back (wedge
> bag takes up room) and I didn't want to wrap it round my frame.
>
> Here comes good old Ebay to the rescue, item number 5183249728 - Simple
> idea, Velcro ties used for tidying up cables.
>
> Wrap it round the lock cable once, then round the tube on the frame and
> voila! No more flapping lock cable.
>
> Also great for securing other things to the frame with quick release - Use
> the soft side of the Velcro against the frame and it won't scratch.
>
>
> Not linked to the seller, just impressed that something so simple would
> solve my problem.
>
> Regards
>
>
>
> R
>
>

I wind my recoil lock around the handlebar headstay, lock it off then
keep it in place with a hook and elastic tie attached to one of the
bolts which secures the handlebars to the headstay. Your way sounds
faster though.

Sniper 8052

 

[[email protected]]

Sniper8052(L96A1) wrote:
> Random wrote:
> > So far I'm enjoying riding on my nice new Trek 7300FX, and am
managing 5 to
> > R
> >
> > < SNIP DESCRIPTION OF VELCRO TIES >
> >
>
> I wind my recoil lock around the handlebar headstay, lock it off then

> keep it in place with a hook and elastic tie attached to one of the
> bolts which secures the handlebars to the headstay. Your way sounds
> faster though.
>
> Sniper 8052

These are also available in most BnQ's in different lengths, and
widths. They come in 6 packs, and price vary from ~£2 - ~£4 depending
on length and width.

I can't remember what section, unfortunately.

I've 3 or 4 packs of them scattered around the house...

M.

Ikea also do bigger ones, but the BnQ ones are better 'bike' sizes.

 

[Jeremy Collins]

Random wrote:

> Here comes good old Ebay to the rescue, item number 5183249728 - Simple
> idea, Velcro ties used for tidying up cables.

That reminds me, I've been looking for something like this. Do you
think they're strong enough to replace the velcro retaining strap
on a mini-pump frame mounting?



--
jc

Remove the -not from email

 

[elyob]

[email protected] wrote:
> Sniper8052(L96A1) wrote:
>
>>Random wrote:
>>
>>>So far I'm enjoying riding on my nice new Trek 7300FX, and am
>
> managing 5 to
>
>>>R
>>>
>>> < SNIP DESCRIPTION OF VELCRO TIES >
>>>
>>I wind my recoil lock around the handlebar headstay, lock it off then
>
>
>>keep it in place with a hook and elastic tie attached to one of the
>>bolts which secures the handlebars to the headstay. Your way sounds
>>faster though.
>>
>>Sniper 8052
>
>
> These are also available in most BnQ's in different lengths, and
> widths. They come in 6 packs, and price vary from ~£2 - ~£4 depending
> on length and width.
>
> I can't remember what section, unfortunately.
>
> I've 3 or 4 packs of them scattered around the house...
>
> M.
>
> Ikea also do bigger ones, but the BnQ ones are better 'bike' sizes.
>

Well, there goes some more of my money I already use velcro on my
bike, but could use these to hold my Kryptonite to my rack and replace
my messy bodge jobs!

Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[Richard]

elyob wrote:
could use these to hold my Kryptonite to my rack and replace
> my messy bodge jobs!

Diving into a previous thread, I use an old inner tube for this. It
was cut, passed under the rack at the front, and retied. Then it's
drawn back over the rack, parallel with the sides, ducks under the rear
bar of the pannier and back the same way, hooking over the raised front
end of the pannier (ie, you end up with a double strip of rubber down
each side of the pannier).

The K-lock sits on the pannier lengthways, the front tucked under the
raised front end of the pannier, and the two lengths of tube coming over
the sides of the bar of the lock. It all makes sense, really, although
I suspect a picture coming on.

Holds it just fine, even on Sheffield's downhills. And if I need a
bigger load on there, it all unhooks to provide a longer length of
rubber strapping.

R.

 

[David Martin]

On 13/4/05 9:27 am, in article
[email protected],
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Sniper8052(L96A1) wrote:
>> Random wrote:
>>> So far I'm enjoying riding on my nice new Trek 7300FX, and am
> managing 5 to
>>> R
>>>
>>> < SNIP DESCRIPTION OF VELCRO TIES >
>>>
>
> These are also available in most BnQ's in different lengths, and
> widths. They come in 6 packs, and price vary from ~£2 - ~£4 depending
> on length and width.

I use a pair in place of the original straps on the Hamax child seat.
For smaller stuff I have a load of cable tie type. (I mean a load. We had a
number[1] of units for our compute cluster deliverd which all came with half
adozen. They weren't used in the cabling so..)

...d

[1] where n is just into three figures. One of the larger compute clusters
in a life sciences department in UK. <manic laugh>And it's all mine..
mine...</manic laugh>[2]
[2] OK, it's not mine, but averages out at about 6+ processors per person
who uses it.

 

[Random]

I dunno - Do you want me to post you one?

If so post here and I'll email you direct for your address.


R


"Jeremy Collins" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Random wrote:
>
>> Here comes good old Ebay to the rescue, item number 5183249728 - Simple
>> idea, Velcro ties used for tidying up cables.
>
> That reminds me, I've been looking for something like this. Do you
> think they're strong enough to replace the velcro retaining strap
> on a mini-pump frame mounting?
>
>
>
> --
> jc
>
> Remove the -not from email

 

[[email protected]]

[email protected] wrote:
> Sniper8052(L96A1) wrote:
> > Random wrote:
> > > < SNIP DESCRIPTION OF VELCRO TIES >
they ship with some laptops as cable tidies, which is where I get mine
(off the test kit at work)
> > >
> >
> > <snip siper>
>
> These are also available in most BnQ's

> Ikea also do bigger ones, but the BnQ ones are better 'bike' sizes.

I use one to secure the "other" end of my d-lock to the seat stay and
one for my frame pump. The tie goes around the seat tube and the tail
is long enough to go around the pump and attach to back to the seat
tube loop. I keep a couple of others as spares

best wishes
james