I *was* going to cycle to work...

"Brian Innes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I was going to cycle the 3.5 miles to work tomorrow, until I found tonight
tthat I have no where on my bike to fit my vistalight 5 led rear lamp, and
I also have misplaced the handlebar mount for my vistalight road toad
front lamp....

Don't really need lights yet, just would prefer to have them mounted.

Trouble with light mountings is that you only need them for 5 months of the
year, so they tend to get lost at the bottom a drawer for the remaining 7!

Brian Innes popped their head over the parapet saw what was going on
and said

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Don't really need lights yet, just would prefer to have them mounted.

So cycle in and home until you need/can afford lights.

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

I was going to cycle the 3.5 miles to work tomorrow, until I found tonight
tthat I have no where on my bike to fit my vistalight 5 led rear lamp, and
I also have misplaced the handlebar mount for my vistalight road toad
front lamp....

Quoted message said:

Trouble with light mountings is that you only need them for 5 months of the
year, so they tend to get lost at the bottom a drawer for the remaining 7!

Why take them off at all? Removing lamps to prevent them getting nicked
makes sense, but why not just leave the mounts in place?

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I was going to cycle the 3.5 miles to work tomorrow, until I found tonight
tthat I have no where on my bike to fit my vistalight 5 led rear lamp, and
I also have misplaced the handlebar mount for my vistalight road toad
front lamp....

Don't really need lights yet, just would prefer to have them mounted.

Ho hum..

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On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 23:04:52 +0100, Pyromancer
<[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):

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Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Adrian
Boliston <[email hidden]> gently breathed:

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"Brian Innes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
news:[email hidden]...

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Quoted message said:

I was going to cycle the 3.5 miles to work tomorrow, until I found tonight
tthat I have no where on my bike to fit my vistalight 5 led rear lamp, and
I also have misplaced the handlebar mount for my vistalight road toad
front lamp....

Quoted message said:

Trouble with light mountings is that you only need them for 5 months of the
year, so they tend to get lost at the bottom a drawer for the remaining 7!

Why take them off at all? Removing lamps to prevent them getting nicked
makes sense, but why not just leave the mounts in place?

Yep - you need to be a real weight weenie to want rid of the 1" dia,
collar of lightweight plastic...

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and your point is, caller ?

Pyromancer said:

Upon the miasma of midnight, a darkling spirit identified as Adrian
Boliston <[email hidden]> gently breathed:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Trouble with light mountings is that you only need them for 5 months of the
year, so they tend to get lost at the bottom a drawer for the remaining 7!

Why take them off at all? Removing lamps to prevent them getting nicked
makes sense, but why not just leave the mounts in place?

I usually leave mine on all the time - brackets and lights. If I'm
stopping somewhere I think the trike might get unwelcome attention, I'll
take the lights themselves off and carry them with me, but I like to
have them with me in case of a sudden disimprovement in weather
conditions.

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On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 22:01:16 +0100, [email hidden] (Carol Hague) wrote
in message <[email hidden]>:

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Quoted message said:

Why take them off at all? Removing lamps to prevent them getting nicked
makes sense, but why not just leave the mounts in place?

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I usually leave mine on all the time - brackets and lights.

<aol>Me too</aol>

Actually the thing which always concerns me most when I lock the bike
up is some abstrad nicking the front wheel with its expensive hub
dynamo.

Guy
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Actually the thing which always concerns me most when I lock the bike
up is some abstrad nicking the front wheel with its expensive hub
dynamo.

!

You don't have another lock to secure the front wheel too, or is the front
wheel not compatible with the thieves mtbs?

Just zis Guy said:

Actually the thing which always concerns me most when I lock the bike
up is some abstrad nicking the front wheel with its expensive hub
dynamo.

I used to worry about that, but I bought a speedhub so I no longer
worry about the front wheel 🙂

On 1 Oct 2004 23:48:47 GMT, Mark Thompson
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Actually the thing which always concerns me most when I lock the bike
up is some abstrad nicking the front wheel with its expensive hub
dynamo.

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You don't have another lock to secure the front wheel too, or is the front
wheel not compatible with the thieves mtbs?

If you look at a picture of my bike you'll see that it is very short
of triangles through which a lock can be passed:

http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/Web/public.nsf/Documents/Stinger

I do lock the front wheel separately, with a strong cable lock, but
the only way I could be sure of not losing it would be to carry a
D-lock as well as the Master lock I currently carry, which would be a
preposterous amount of weight.

It's not that having it nicked is particularly likely, it's just that
theft of components alone is not normally covered by insurance, and it
is expensive (plus requiring a wheel build).

Guy
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Just zis Guy said:

If you look at a picture of my bike you'll see that it is very short
of triangles through which a lock can be passed:

http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/Web/public.nsf/Documents/Stinger

But if you're locking the bike to a Sheffield stand, surely you could
lock the front wheel to the stand? That's what I do, if I'm leaving my
bike anywhere where I can't keep an eye on it. I use an armoured cable
lock which goes through the front wheel, round the stand and round the boom.

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I do lock the front wheel separately, with a strong cable lock,

There you go ;-)

How do you manage to lock the frame to anything, though? My Street
Machine at least has a rear triangle, so I'll put a D-lock round the
stand and through the wheel and rear triangle, then put my cable lock
round the other end of the stand and through the front wheel.

Hmmm. On closer inspection, it looks as though your left- and
right-hand chainstays are at different heights, so there is potential
for locking the frame securely as long as no-one unscrews the suspension
swingarm.

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On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 11:22:00 +0100, Danny Colyer
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

If you look at a picture of my bike you'll see that it is very short
of triangles through which a lock can be passed:
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/Web/public.nsf/Documents/Stinger

Quoted message said:

But if you're locking the bike to a Sheffield stand, surely you could
lock the front wheel to the stand?

I do, with a cable lock. The point being that I can't use a D-lock to
lock frame, front wheel, solid object like I would with a wedgie.

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How do you manage to lock the frame to anything, though?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/?ProductID=5300003376 but with a longer chain,
thanks to Tony Raven for introducing me to said product.

Quoted message said:

Hmmm. On closer inspection, it looks as though your left- and
right-hand chainstays are at different heights, so there is potential
for locking the frame securely as long as no-one unscrews the suspension
swingarm.

Not really. I used to go under the seat with a strong cable, but the
Street Cuff is easier :-)

Guy
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On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 11:48:16 +0100, "Just zis Guy, you know?"
<[email hidden]> wrote (more or less):

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On Sat, 02 Oct 2004 11:22:00 +0100, Danny Colyer
<[email hidden]> wrote in message
<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

If you look at a picture of my bike you'll see that it is very short
of triangles through which a lock can be passed:
http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/Web/public.nsf/Documents/Stinger

Quoted message said:

But if you're locking the bike to a Sheffield stand, surely you could
lock the front wheel to the stand?

I do, with a cable lock. The point being that I can't use a D-lock to
lock frame, front wheel, solid object like I would with a wedgie.

Quoted message said:

How do you manage to lock the frame to anything, though?

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/?ProductID=5300003376 but with a longer chain,
thanks to Tony Raven for introducing me to said product.

Aha! But are the 10-pin tubular locks Biro proof?

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Hmmm. On closer inspection, it looks as though your left- and
right-hand chainstays are at different heights, so there is potential
for locking the frame securely as long as no-one unscrews the suspension
swingarm.

Not really. I used to go under the seat with a strong cable, but the
Street Cuff is easier :-)

Guy

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On Sun, 03 Oct 2004 13:24:53 GMT, Gawnsoft
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But are the 10-pin tubular locks Biro proof?

Dunno. They work differently to the Kleptonite ones in that the pip
in the middle pops up when the lock is unlocked; a biro jammed in
there would probably stop this happening. This pip is the pin that
locks the lock, so probably they are biro proof.

Guy
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