Did my first bike commute this morning
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Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby beeb1506 » Fri May 22, 2009 10:19 am
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby ni78ck » Fri May 22, 2009 10:31 am
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby hartleymartin » Fri May 22, 2009 11:09 am
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby beeb1506 » Fri May 22, 2009 11:28 am
It's a bit old-school I admit but it works, besides I can't be bothered changing into road shorts for a 10 minute ride.ni78ck wrote:great stuff! the jeans in the sock is aa worry though
They used to be called trouser clips I think, I might well invest in some. Having just bought a new bike for commuting on, buying another with a chain-guard might be a bit of a stretch!!! It does have a chainring guard already so there's some protection there.hartleymartin wrote:You can get various straps and things to go around the bottom of your pants. Otherwise you can just roll up the right leg a little. Better still, get a bicycle with a chain-guard.
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby Kalgrm » Fri May 22, 2009 11:29 am
Cheers,
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby casual_cyclist » Fri May 22, 2009 12:05 pm
I used to use those. I found them very convenient.beeb1506 wrote:They used to be called trouser clips I think, I might well invest in some.
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby hartleymartin » Fri May 22, 2009 12:22 pm
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby Aushiker » Sat May 23, 2009 3:45 pm
Well done. Care to share more details of the ride? I assume you rode home too?
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby wombatK » Sat May 23, 2009 5:44 pm
They don't work nearly as well as double-sided tape - the clips are metal springs that don't conform very well to most leg profiles.casual_cyclist wrote:I used to use those. I found them very convenient.beeb1506 wrote:They used to be called trouser clips I think, I might well invest in some.
Bunnings have a product by Zone hardware called Cord Tape, Magic Self-Attaching Tape that's about $6 for a 2.5 m x 12.5 mm roll (in electrical section, near cable ties/accessories, makers product code CC 0479 on top left of packaging). Marketed for bundling your electrical cables together, but works like magic on trouser legs, overboots etc.,.
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby beeb1506 » Mon May 25, 2009 10:15 am
Aushiker wrote:G'day
Well done. Care to share more details of the ride? I assume you rode home too?
Regards
Andrew
Yes, I made it home as well! The ride is very short, just St Leonards to N. Sydney although I try to avoid the Pac Hwy as much as possible so that adds a k or 2. We'll be moving in the next few months so I reckon the new commute will be more like 12k each way from the inner-west, I thought I'd get the bike now to get a bit more used to it and also because it was a great excuse to buy a second bike!
You've confused me with this one, isn't all tape 'self-attaching' i.e. it's sticky I must be missing something!wombatK wrote:They don't work nearly as well as double-sided tape - the clips are metal springs that don't conform very well to most leg profiles.casual_cyclist wrote:I used to use those. I found them very convenient.beeb1506 wrote:They used to be called trouser clips I think, I might well invest in some.
Bunnings have a product by Zone hardware called Cord Tape, Magic Self-Attaching Tape that's about $6 for a 2.5 m x 12.5 mm roll (in electrical section, near cable ties/accessories, makers product code CC 0479 on top left of packaging). Marketed for bundling your electrical cables together, but works like magic on trouser legs, overboots etc.,.
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby wombatK » Mon May 25, 2009 7:18 pm
It's not sticky to touch. Only sticky in the sense that velcro fasteners stick together.beeb1506 wrote:
You've confused me with this one, isn't all tape 'self-attaching' i.e. it's sticky I must be missing something!
It's a tape which has velcro-like hooks on the in-side, and velcro-like catch fabric on the other outer side. When you wrap it around cables (or your ankles) and overlap the tape, the hooks on the overlapping inner side mate with the catches on the outer. The hooks are finer than standard velcro.
Here it is wound around my leg before I cut it to size...
This is the finished result (could be tidier - I've deliberately skewed the overlap to make it clearer to see against the black trousers).
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby mikesbytes » Mon May 25, 2009 7:41 pm
What route did you ride beep ?
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby beeb1506 » Tue May 26, 2009 10:25 am
The route I take varies but for instance this morning I went up Atchinson, right on Alexander, left on Holterman, right on Sophia (it's a little back alley although it's one-way the other way - I just keep an eye out), left for all of 10 mtrs on Falcon then right onto West St, left onto Carlow and then straight into the park, over to Walker for a swoop down into N Syd. It's quite choppy but I know the area well so don't have to think about it and it's a damn sight more relaxing than the Pac Hwy, especially as I'm not riding at traffic speed.
On the way home I come out on the Hwy next to the Union Hotel then take a left at the Mater and the next right that takes me all the way back to St Leonards.
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby msn » Tue May 26, 2009 10:52 pm
Cord tape - Use #2beeb1506 wrote:Looks useful for lots of purposes
On the odd occasion when you need to take your bike on the train. Squeeze the rear brake on and wrap the lever and bar together, makes a great handbrake. Stops your bike moving when the train rocks.
Not my original idea, credit is due to another commuter who showed me this.
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby Mulger bill » Wed May 27, 2009 11:44 pm
A 25mm length of old MTB tube works as well and keeps the inner MacGyver happy.msn wrote:Cord tape - Use #2beeb1506 wrote:Looks useful for lots of purposes
On the odd occasion when you need to take your bike on the train. Squeeze the rear brake on and wrap the lever and bar together, makes a great handbrake. Stops your bike moving when the train rocks.
Not my original idea, credit is due to another commuter who showed me this.
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby tinhorn » Thu May 28, 2009 10:45 pm
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby gavinr » Fri May 29, 2009 8:57 am
I don't think I could make myself anything with measureable warmth out of 15cm of electrical tapetinhorn wrote:In these cold mornings the need for pants has driven me to use standard electrical tape - wasteful to a degree but i only use like 15cm or so each trip.
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Re: Did my first bike commute this morning
Postby HappyHumber » Thu Mar 17, 2011 1:20 pm
C'mon on where's your ingenuity; 10-12mm lengths of that should cover some of the particularly sensitive extremeties like, tip of nose, ear lobes, nipples...gavinr wrote:I don't think I could make myself anything with measureable warmth out of 15cm of electrical tapetinhorn wrote:In these cold mornings the need for pants has driven me to use standard electrical tape - wasteful to a degree but i only use like 15cm or so each trip.
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