Stupidest Bike Accessory Ever

[Cataboo]

If I'm leaving my bike out in the rain and I intend to ride it later, I put plastic bags or a shower cap on the seat.

usually I double bag it, so I can take off the wet outer bag and sit on the dry inner bag during my wide & not wet my seat or bum prematurely.

But maybe I'm a princess.

[jdubble]

i tend to turn mine inside out so as not to advertise the fact that there's a brooks saddle underneath, but yeah, i guess i don't see why it's such a bad product. it rolls up and fits under my seat so it's always there. i don't always have plastic bags on me.

[teigyr]

But maybe I'm a princess.

Heh. If you even RIDE in the rain you're not as princess as me I don't know what it is but I can run in the rain and walk in the rain but riding? I don't know if it's princess or wuss, I just can't bring myself to do it.

[Cataboo]

Heh. If you even RIDE in the rain you're not as princess as me I don't know what it is but I can run in the rain and walk in the rain but riding? I don't know if it's princess or wuss, I just can't bring myself to do it.

I rarely do it on purpose.

[elk]

if that's the stupidest bike accessory ever than we must be on some hella smart planet! I've been trying to make some really cool looking ones with oilcloth......

[Zen]

If I'm leaving my bike out in the rain and I intend to ride it later, I put plastic bags or a shower cap on the seat.

Its nine dollars plus shipping. There are and endless supply of plastic bags waiting to be reused. If you can remember to keep that under your seat surely you can remember a plastic bag.
Consumers.

[cylegoddess]

They spelled 'cord; wrong!

[uforgot]

Its nine dollars plus shipping. There are and endless supply of plastic bags waiting to be reused. If you can remember to keep that under your seat surely you can remember a plastic bag.
Consumers.

The plastic bags don't work when you are traveling 70mph down the interstate. The wind catches them and they rip and fly off, not to mention the noise they make. I spent one entire trip trying to get the darn things to stay and gave up. If your bike was just sitting, sure they would be fine. I was even going to make my own, but my lbs had one for about $7, so I just bought it.

[Triskeliongirl]

I have one for my brooks finesse and its great. It fits much more snugly than in the pic (at least on women's width saddle), and the saddle feels 'normal' (i.e. you are not sliding around on a plastic bag), but it can really save the leather from a deluge. It packs tiny too.

[Tuckervill]

I don't know about the cover, but I loved the videos about Brooks!

Karen

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Its nine dollars plus shipping. There are and endless supply of plastic bags waiting to be reused. If you can remember to keep that under your seat surely you can remember a plastic bag.
Consumers.

Shipping is free, it says.

I have one of those, got it in an LBS for $7. There are WAY more stupid bike accessories than that.

Mimi's right though- it's not really waterproof enough. So I sprayed it with some boot waterproofing spray I had- that helps a lot. It does fit brooks saddles perfectly and stays put.
But- yes I always have a plastic grocery bag in my saddlebag- never know when you might need to put something you find or buy into a bag to carry home (mushrooms and rescued turtles are two things that come to mind)....but the grocery bag slips around a lot on the saddle and wants to come off. So my solution is to put the grocery bag on the leather saddle, then slip the Brooks cover over it and cinch it closed- holds everything snugly in place and fits like a dream. Voila- total waterproof-ness and the two bags take up almost no space in my saddlebag and weigh next to nothing. Works well for me!

[Biciclista]

Shipping is free, it says.

I have one of those, got it in an LBS for $7. There are WAY more stupid bike accessories than that.

Mimi's right though- it's not really waterproof enough. So I sprayed it with some boot waterproofing spray I had- that helps a lot. It does fit brooks saddles perfectly and stays put.
But- yes I always have a plastic grocery bag in my saddlebag- never know when you might need to put something you find or buy into a bag to carry home (mushrooms and rescued turtles are two things that come to mind)....but the grocery bag slips around a lot on the saddle and wants to come off. So my solution is to put the grocery bag on the leather saddle, then slip the Brooks cover over it and cinch it closed- holds everything snugly in place and fits like a dream. Voila- total waterproof-ness and the two bags take up almost no space in my saddlebag and weigh next to nothing. Works well for me!

and here's someone organized enough that she still knows where her Brooks seat cover is!

[HillSlugger]

Its nine dollars plus shipping. There are and endless supply of plastic bags waiting to be reused. If you can remember to keep that under your seat surely you can remember a plastic bag.
Consumers.

But shipping is free!

[oxysback]

So if everyone is using the re-usable shopping bags (as indicated by the thread with the same name) then WHERE are the plastic ones coming from??? Does everyone have a 'secret stash' they didn't own up to in the other thread??? Why is it ok to use plastic bags on your saddle but not ok to use them while grocery shopping???

THESE, my friends, are the REAL questions!

:::snags popcorn from maillotpois and prepares to watch the thread implode:::

[Biciclista]

Actually, the things are not waterproof. So i use a plastic bag if my bike is sitting outside or is being transported in the rain. We bought them we tried to use them found them rather disappointing (maybe they have improved?)
so yeah, plastic bag for me. And if you wrap them right, they don't come off. I never used the seat cover while riding nor do i use a plastic bag in those circumstances.