Some advice and a lot of first-hand anecdotes and observations from someone who accidentally had a career in the bike business.
Thursday, July 07, 2011
It's a bike! It's a rain gauge!
Wait! It's BOTH!
The owner of this bike came up with a clever way to keep his seat dry when the weather is rainy. I've seen other people try the same maneuver, but I haven't managed to grab a picture of them. It always cracks me up.
I will refrain from connecting the Welsh flag to the bike owner's level of common sense.
Actually, taking off the seat as shown makes it possible to use a small plastic baggie to keep the rain out instead of a rather larger shopping bag to cover the full saddle. That does only make sense if one actually USES a small plastic baggie, preferably with a rubber band around the tube and bag to keep it from blowing away in the wind.
Blathering on, one wonders if this bike owner used to have a roof rack until the day he/she drove into the garage with the bike still installed in the rack...
I used to do this when I had a quick release on the seatpost, but I used a perfect little plastic stopper thing used on some vehicle hoses... it fit the tube poifectly!
I sneer at plastic baggies. Sneer. 'Cause I'm, like, a sneerer.
Wait! It's BOTH!
I will refrain from connecting the Welsh flag to the bike owner's level of common sense.
ReplyDeleteActually, taking off the seat as shown makes it possible to use a small plastic baggie to keep the rain out instead of a rather larger shopping bag to cover the full saddle. That does only make sense if one actually USES a small plastic baggie, preferably with a rubber band around the tube and bag to keep it from blowing away in the wind.
Blathering on, one wonders if this bike owner used to have a roof rack until the day he/she drove into the garage with the bike still installed in the rack...
Quick! Get this bicycle a champagne cork!
ReplyDeleteI used to do this when I had a quick release on the seatpost, but I used a perfect little plastic stopper thing used on some vehicle hoses... it fit the tube poifectly!
ReplyDeleteI sneer at plastic baggies. Sneer. 'Cause I'm, like, a sneerer.
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