What is a 'bike belt'?

In article <[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

Travel guru Rick Steves says on one of his websites:
"What to bring:...Bike belt--generally required by law in Europe and
good for giving a multilingual "Hi!".

This is in relation to bike touring in Europe. I searched for
a bike belt but found nothing.

Has anyone ever heard of this?

I think that's a misspelling, and they mean bike /bell/.

cheers,
Tom

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Quoted message said:

Travel guru Rick Steves says on one of his websites:
"What to bring:...Bike belt--generally required by law in Europe and
good for giving a multilingual "Hi!".

This is in relation to bike touring in Europe. I searched for
a bike belt but found nothing.

Has anyone ever heard of this?

Tots of time a typists fingers make tittte mistakes.

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ECHIP, Inc. ---
Randomness comes in bunches.

Maybe they meant Bike belt -- a truss. Although I don't think it would
be useful for making a credible multilingual "hi!"

Now, turn your head and cough!

"Bob Wheeler" WROTE: Tots of time a typists fingers make tittte mistakes.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Should read: "Lols of lime a lypisls fingers make lillle mislakes."

gfief... said:

Travel guru Rick Steves says on one of his websites:
"What to bring:...Bike belt--generally required by law in Europe and
good for giving a multilingual "Hi!".

This is in relation to bike touring in Europe. I searched for
a bike belt but found nothing.

Has anyone ever heard of this?

A bike belt is when you sufficiently annoy your (or someone else's)
bike to the point that it gives you a left hook to the jaw. ;-)

Austin

I must say I considered some interesting possibilities for a "bike belt"

[1] Like a seat belt when used in conjunction with a helmet prevents 124% of
bike related injuries and 20% of STD's.

[2] Some sort of tire puncturing device used by law enforcement to end bike
speed chases as seen on LA TV news flashes.

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"lowkey" wrote: I must say I considered some interesting possibilities for
a "bike belt" (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Another one: One for the road, served to a cyclist, just before the bar
closes.

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Quoted message said:

"lowkey" wrote: I must say I considered some interesting possibilities
for a "bike belt" (clip)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Another one: One for the road, served to a cyclist, just before the bar
closes.

A contiguous region of the continent inhabited by moralizing, proselytizing
devout believers in the word of the true god of cycling and his son, the
prophet Lance?

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of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe.
That makes us something very special' -stephen hawking

31 Aug 2005 08:41:36 -0700,
<[email hidden]>,

Quoted message said:

Maybe they meant Bike belt -- a truss. Although I don't think it would
be useful for making a credible multilingual "hi!"

Now, turn your head and cough!

Athletic supporters were initially invented for bicycle jockeys.
"Bike" is one of the earliest makers and is still in the same
business.
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zk

I think you are correct. I noticed several
typos on his site. The rest were obvious.

Lowkey said:

A contiguous region of the continent inhabited by moralizing,
proselytizing devout believers in the word of the true god of
cycling and his son, the prophet Lance?

Very likely in a portion of the Sun Belt that is not contained by the
Bible Belt.

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"Bicycling is a healthy and manly pursuit with much
to recommend it, and, unlike other foolish crazes,
it has not died out." -- The Daily Telegraph (1877)

lowkey said:

I must say I considered some interesting possibilities for a "bike belt"

[1] Like a seat belt when used in conjunction with a helmet prevents 124% of
bike related injuries and 20% of STD's.

[2] Some sort of tire puncturing device used by law enforcement to end bike
speed chases as seen on LA TV news flashes.

And you don't think that it might be referring to that invention of the
Italian Olympic track timetrial team a few years ago (give or take a
decade or two)? That was a harness from the hips connecting by wires to
the handlebars to provide a more powerful and anchored pedalling motion.
A bike belt? UCI didn't go for it, let alone the IOC but perhaps some
poor person is still out there plugging it.
(oops, gave myself away).

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Quoted message said:

Maybe they meant Bike belt -- a truss. Although I don't think it would
be useful for making a credible multilingual "hi!"

Now, turn your head and cough!

Well having cycled in various parts of Europe, I can honestly say I've never
found it to be a requirement to wear a truss and neither has husband or son!

Cheers, helen s