When I go out on rides, I currently use a waist bag ([censored] pack). However, not only is this slightly uncomfortable to wear but I have also noticed that this has tended to induce a need to urinate (pressure on the bladder).
So, I was wondering if anyone could recommend a good saddlebag that would be able to incorporate the necessaries such as a spare inner tube, mini pump, tyre levers, foldaway waterproof, puncture repair kit and maybe an energy bar/mobile phone should the need arise.
I'd need it to be not too big so that my rear light could still appear below it.
Thanks.
I often take a trek under saddle pack and I find I can get all the above in to one but have you tried wearing your '[censored] pack' in reverse so that it is behind you while cycling, doesn't help the aerodynamic profile of athletic types such as ourselves but keeps it out the way ;-)
I often take a trek under saddle pack and I find I can get all the above in to one but have you tried wearing your '[censored] pack' in reverse so that it is behind you while cycling, doesn't help the aerodynamic profile of athletic types such as ourselves but keeps it out the way ;-)
And if you have the sort that has a mesh pocket on the outside, it's a handy place to stash an extra rear light, when going for the Helen Christmas tree look. -- And that's the world in a nutshell, an appropriate receptacle. Stan Dunn Steph Peters delete invalid from [email hidden] Tatting, lace & stitching page <http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/index.htm>
Which is *the* look to have when cycling at night :-)
Cheers, helen s
This reminded me of the cyclist I saw in central london one day a few years back. Middle-aged chap, with bike and dog. Bloke was covered in lights. Bike was covered in lights. Both appeared to have a multitude variously-coloured LED's just about every possible surface as well as more traditional bike lighting. He even had rope lights wrapped around the top tube and up the flagpole he had on the back rack (think 'bent flagpole, not sticky-out-sideways thing).
As for the dog - that was wearing a dog-coat, again covered in led's, and the lead between the two of them was lit up too...
Certainly made me look twice (and I was not alone in that LOL).
This reminded me of the cyclist I saw in central london one day a few years back. Middle-aged chap, with bike and dog. Bloke was covered in lights. Bike was covered in lights. Both appeared to have a multitude variously-coloured LED's just about every possible surface as well as more traditional bike lighting. He even had rope lights wrapped around the top tube and up the flagpole he had on the back rack (think 'bent flagpole, not sticky-out-sideways thing).
Which is *the* look to have when cycling at night :-)
Beware if you dress up like a Chrismas Tree. The tree adorning the High Street in Winchester was cut down by a yob wielding a chainsaw a few nights ago :-(
Which is *the* look to have when cycling at night :-)
Beware if you dress up like a Chrismas Tree. The tree adorning the High Street in Winchester was cut down by a yob wielding a chainsaw a few nights ago :-(
Doesn't surprise me. I had the misfortune to live in Winchester for a few months while interning for IBM in Hursley (during the fuel crisis, wooha). The town was packed to bursting with chavs and my one cycling memory is being forced off a country road by the corporation dustcart who were about the only people with fuel at that point.
Regards,
-david
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Beware if you dress up like a Chrismas Tree. The tree adorning the High Street in Winchester was cut down by a yob wielding a chainsaw a few nights ago :-(
John B
pah! He'd be met with a severe slabbing first! (Sad about the tree though)
Cheers, helen s
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