Bikes & Public Transit

In article <[email hidden]>,

(Mr.G.B.) said:

Have you ever taken your bike on a bus or subway train,
and lost control of it. Ever had it roll or fall
because of the vehicles movement. I have a solution for
this. Email me for details. With BIKES & PUBLIC TRANSIT
in the subject

Does your solution involve holding onto the darned bike?

Vancouver has allowed bikes on our rapid-transit system
(Skytrain) for about a year now, and I have used it several
times. The obvious solution to this non-problem is to carry
a couple of small straps or ties, and tie the front wheel to
the downtube and the bike to a hand-hold pole.

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Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden]
sfu.cawiredcolaOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio
Mazzoleni Fan Club

In article <[email hidden]>,

Ryan Cousineau said:

Vancouver has allowed bikes on our rapid-transit system
(Skytrain) for about a year now, and I have used it
several times. The obvious solution to this non-problem
is to carry a couple of small straps or ties, and tie
the front wheel to the downtube and the bike to a hand-
hold pole.

Toeclip straps would be secure enough, and would have built-
in 'quick release' functionality.

cheers, Tom

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On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:40:34 -0700, [email hidden] (Tom Keats)

wrote in message : said:

Quoted message said:

Vancouver has allowed bikes on our rapid-transit system
(Skytrain) for about a year now, and I have used it
several times. The obvious solution to this non-problem
is to carry a couple of small straps or ties, and tie
the front wheel to the downtube and the bike to a hand-
hold pole.

Quoted message said:

Toeclip straps would be secure enough, and would have built-
in 'quick release' functionality.

That's what I use to stop my 'bent rolling around on the
train. One nylon toestrap, cut to length to fit round the
brake lever.

Guy
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"Ryan Cousineau" wrote: (clip) The obvious solution to this
non-problem is to carry a couple of small straps or ties,
and tie the front wheel to the downtube and the bike to a
hand-hold pole. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ How about a couple of elastic
bands or ties on the brake levers?

Spam. If this were legit, it would have been published with
the message.

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Quoted message said:

Have you ever taken your bike on a bus or subway train,
and lost control of it. Ever had it roll or fall because
of the vehicles movement. I have a solution for this.
Email me for details.

=v= Seeing as how the details couldn't be posted here (for
free), I suspect this is a variety of spam.

=v= Here are several free solutions to such a problem:

o Secure the bike to a nearby pole or fixture with the
chin strap of your helmet.

o Or, secure the bike with a velcro (or other) pants
leg strap.

o Sometimes you can use a pants leg strap to squeeze
your brake lever shut, immobilizing a wheel.

o A bungee cord could do all or any of the above.

<_Jym_

[email hidden] (Mr.G.B.) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

Have you ever taken your bike on a bus or subway train,
and lost control of it. Ever had it roll or fall because
of the vehicles movement.

No, it stays pretty firmly in the rack designed for
this purpose.

Warm Regards,

Claire

Leo Lichtman said:

"Ryan Cousineau" wrote: (clip) The obvious solution to
this non-problem is to carry a couple of small straps or
ties, and tie the front wheel to the downtube and the bike
to a hand-hold pole. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ How about a couple of
elastic bands or ties on the brake levers?

Even easier: Squeeze the brake levers and shove a penny in
the gap to hold the levers in place.

K.

In article <[email hidden]>, Jym Dyer <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Have you ever taken your bike on a bus or subway train,
and lost control of it. Ever had it roll or fall because
of the vehicles movement. I have a solution for this.
Email me for details.

=v= Seeing as how the details couldn't be posted here (for
free), I suspect this is a variety of spam.

=v= Here are several free solutions to such a problem:

o Secure the bike to a nearby pole or fixture with the
chin strap of your helmet.

Ooh, I'll try that one!

Thanks,
--
Ryan Cousineau, [email hidden]
sfu.cawiredcolaOpen ↗ President, Fabrizio
Mazzoleni Fan Club

Just zis Guy said:

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 09:40:34 -0700, [email hidden]
(Tom Keats) wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Vancouver has allowed bikes on our rapid-transit system
(Skytrain) for about a year now, and I have used it
several times. The obvious solution to this non-problem
is to carry a couple of small straps or ties, and tie
the front wheel to the downtube and the bike to a hand-
hold pole.

Quoted message said:

Toeclip straps would be secure enough, and would have built-
in 'quick release' functionality.

That's what I use to stop my 'bent rolling around on the
train. One nylon toestrap, cut to length to fit round the
brake lever.

Guy

Exactly. Been using a toestrap as parking brake for years.
It keeps the bike stable while loading panniers, and is
perfect when riding the train. Bernie