Captain Stupido
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Thanks, yeah, "chuck around bike" is the idea.
Been enjoying making stuff recently... so in the absence of anything better available I thought I'd try a DIY rear guard. I'm sure I'm not the first person to come up with a similar idea, have seen water bottle guards on bikes around town, so repurposed a plastic milk bottle and a lolly stick to make this:
Very quick to make, and also remarkably easy to fit! The only tricky bit was drilling a hole in the lolly stick (predictably enough it split down the middle, but the gaffa has hopefully fixed that).
Not yet tested it in anger... we'll see if it helps or turns out to be less than useless. Already got big plans for the MK2 version (longer at the back and replace the lolly stick with a strip of aluminium). In fact I'm so pleased I'm considering replacing the front crud guard with the other half of the water bottle... Still not sure how it all sits with the gold bling though. :mrgreen:
Grubby":2z6bltzz said:Makes sense, it’s in the perfect place for a rear guard, nice chuck around bike btw
Thanks, yeah, "chuck around bike" is the idea.
Been enjoying making stuff recently... so in the absence of anything better available I thought I'd try a DIY rear guard. I'm sure I'm not the first person to come up with a similar idea, have seen water bottle guards on bikes around town, so repurposed a plastic milk bottle and a lolly stick to make this:
Very quick to make, and also remarkably easy to fit! The only tricky bit was drilling a hole in the lolly stick (predictably enough it split down the middle, but the gaffa has hopefully fixed that).
Not yet tested it in anger... we'll see if it helps or turns out to be less than useless. Already got big plans for the MK2 version (longer at the back and replace the lolly stick with a strip of aluminium). In fact I'm so pleased I'm considering replacing the front crud guard with the other half of the water bottle... Still not sure how it all sits with the gold bling though. :mrgreen: