Stupidest Bike Accessory Ever

[Cataboo]

I think that's already been done!

Ooops, one of these days I'll find it! I guess there is a FAQ button up at the top!

[amartha]

Whatever happened to those shearling saddle covers from the '70's. They always looked too hot and heavy for my tush so I never bought one for my bike, but I used to see so many. I always wondered what they felt like! LOL!

[Cataboo]

quadriplegics/paraplegics use sheepskin rugs to prevent pressure sores... So I'm assuming that a sheepskin cover would prevent saddle sores.

[Zen]

I for one, hope you talk me out of spending money on all sorts of bike stuff, 'cause seriously it really doesn't take much more than a hat to drop and I want a new set of cranks or a bike.

And if it's red, hold on to your wallet. Why do you want a bike? You have two really nice bikes. The Litespeed is speedy and The Flame is all purpose. Maybe you need a Downtown bike for times like these

[Cataboo]

And if it's red, hold on to your wallet. Why do you want a bike? You have two really nice bikes. The Litespeed is speedy and The Flame is all purpose. Maybe you need a Downtown bike for times like these

The surly's supposed to be my downtown bike! It just ended up a little bit nicer than what I was thinking. And it eats wheels. Do you want to see jah live? I could meet you downtown on Thursday, my rear wheel is repaired for now so chances are we could find a way to smash it up again.

*cough* I actually have 5 really nice bikes. the litespeed, the carbon bike, my marin, my mountain bike, and my surly. I'm actually good on bikes, I need to sell my marin - after I decide whether my carbon bike's gonna be a triple or a double 'cause it looks like the q factor on the triple's getting to me.

I only bought the litespeed 'cause I saw it come up used at a great price, and I'm thrilled I did, 'cause I love that bike and the geometry works better for me than the marin. I want to change the fsa gossamer cranks on the litespeed, but I've not managed to convince myself that I actually need to spend that money.

So hopefully I won't buy another bike ever again. For a while.

I'm trying to convince myself I need to spend the money getting fenders for the surly, because rain splatter sucks.

And I do have a weakness for all things red.

[Biciclista]

And I do have a weakness for all things red.

I can relate to that I have a weakness for Orange. are all 5 of your bikes red?
what a posse!

[kathybiker]

no, it's made specifically for the bike. I'll see if i can find my original post about it with links..

original thread which has business link here:

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showt...light=smoothie

Mimi,

Thank you for posting this. The bike blender looks really cool and I'm going to see about getting one.

For anyone else interested, here's a link to the seller of these:
http://www.bikeblender.com/store.html

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

I'm definitely not volunteering to do this - but if someone really wanted to, it'd be great if there was an FAQ on here that has links to threads on or discussions on does this bike fit or will this saddle work for me? Or if we set up a team estrogen wikipedia on women's bike fit.

That's what the TE search function is for. There are just too many hundreds of threads and posts that have various questions combined about saddle fit, bike fit, WSD, frame size, frame material, reach, seat tube angles, sore butt, numb hands, etc, etc. No one could gather all that up and try to categorize it neatly- you just have to learn to use the search engine on TE if you want to read what everyone has written already. Most new people are search engine 'challenged' and/or they simply don't want to do the work of reading when they can simply ask the questions all over again!
I know I personally have stopped trying to answer the same newbie questions over and over again- it gets to be just too much. My favorite is the "What bike should I get?- I want a really good bike that'll last but I don't want to spend more than $200..."...usually containing ZERO details that might give a vague clue as to what kind of riding they hope to do or what kind of rider they are.

When I joined TE I had plenty of questions....but I read, read, read tons of past threads and many of my questions were answered and then some- even questions that I didn't know I had yet!

[Cataboo]

I can relate to that I have a weakness for Orange. are all 5 of your bikes red?
what a posse!

No... I never find nice red bikes that fit for reasonable prices. *sniffle*

But 3 of them have red tires! 3 of them have red handlebar tape or grips.

2 of them are naked titanium, so I could powdercoat eventually, but that seems to be a shame.

1 of them is black, so I put red flame stickers on it.

1 is black with red lettering.

The blue one's getting sold. The best I could do with it was give it shiny silver tires & silver handlebar tape.

All I want is a red kayak, as well. But I just end up with shades of blue for those.

I do think the orange bikes on here are beautiful - Papaver's, yours' and whoever powdercoated their titanium seven orange. (I think it was a 7)

[Cataboo]

I think I could point to Sheldon brown's site and say it's quite possible to gather a lot of bike information up and summarize it neatly. It's definitely a huge amount of work, which is why I suggested a wiki, because various people could organize it.

Yes, TE does have a search function, and I've made extensive use of it, which is why I've never asked you guys what saddle to buy despite choosing the saddles I've bought based on recommendations from here - if I'm going to post a question on here, I've already done a search on here and various other forums on the internet looking for information previous to posting it. However, most forums do have a FAQ entitled something like "READ THIS FIRST BEFORE YOU ASK THE SAME QUESTION EVERYONE ELSE HAS". And the TE search function is lacking in some regards... If I'm trying to find information on TE, most of the time, I go out into google and use it to search the forums in order to try to get a more intelligent search going.

If you search on brooks saddle on here, you get 80 million threads that mention brooks saddle with information scattered all over the place... and there are 1 or 2 really helpful threads, but they are definitely hard for newbies to find. Especially newbies that in addition to being new to biking are also somewhat new to forums and computers, because I get that impression from a lot of the people on here.

That's what the TE search function is for. There are just too many hundreds of threads and posts that have various questions combined about saddle fit, bike fit, WSD, frame size, frame material, reach, seat tube angles, sore butt, numb hands, etc, etc. No one could gather all that up and try to categorize it neatly- you just have to learn to use the search engine on TE if you want to read what everyone has written already. Most new people are search engine 'challenged' and/or they simply don't want to do the work of reading when they can simply ask the questions all over again!
I know I personally have stopped trying to answer the same newbie questions over and over again- it gets to be just too much. My favorite is the "What bike should I get?- I want a really good bike that'll last but I don't want to spend more than $200..."...usually containing ZERO details that might give a vague clue as to what kind of riding they hope to do or what kind of rider they are.

When I joined TE I had plenty of questions....but I read, read, read tons of past threads and many of my questions were answered and then some- even questions that I didn't know I had yet!

[divingbiker]

No... I never find nice red bikes that fit for reasonable prices. *sniffle*

But 3 of them have red tires! 3 of them have red handlebar tape or grips.

2 of them are naked titanium, so I could powdercoat eventually, but that seems to be a shame.

1 of them is black, so I put red flame stickers on it.

1 is black with red lettering.

The blue one's getting sold. The best I could do with it was give it shiny silver tires & silver handlebar tape.

All I want is a red kayak, as well. But I just end up with shades of blue for those.

What an amateur!

I've got five bikes--three are red, one is pink, and one is boring silver.

And I've got a red kayak.

Keep practicing, you'll get there.

[Cataboo]

What an amateur!

I've got five bikes--three are red, one is pink, and one is boring silver.

And I've got a red kayak.

Keep practicing, you'll get there.

Wow.

You're like a goddess and I'll aspire to be you. Except for the pink bike. So I'll aspire to be 2/3rds of you.

The BF refuses to make the wood kayak he's making me red. Even if I'll like it better.

[Zen]

And I've got a red kayak.

and it is indeed a beauty

[Tuckervill]

I have a red kayak and my last 5 cars have been red, but none of my bikes are. I would love a red bike.

*oh, wait...my FIRST bike was red. yee ha!
Karen

[amartha]

Mimi told me you can never have too many bikes. One of my cycling friends says never sell your old bike -- it's like parting with your best friend.

So I have 4 bikes and I just put a down-payment on number 5.

The basement bike room is full -- no more bikes until I get a new house! A bigger garage is the best bike accessory.