Well, aren't you the crafty one! That is super cool, both practical and high-viz. Excellent work!
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I thought about buying one of these but instead decided to make one. I made it out of the sleeves I'd cut off of an old cycling jacket so it's hi-vis yellow. It turned out really nice, weighs 1.7 oz, and rolls up tiny to carry in a jersey pocket. I used it today because I wanted to stop for a few groceries on the way home from my 11 mile ride and didn't want to carry panniers all the way. Got home with a small load of groceries in my trunk rack and the backpack. The backpack only carried kale and chips, but nothing got squashed. I read that these are also used to carry clothing that you might take off mid-ride.
Oil is good, grease is better.
2007 Peter Mooney w/S&S couplers/Terry Butterfly
1993 Bridgestone MB-3/Avocet O2 Air 40W
1980 Columbus Frame with 1970 Campy parts
1954 Raleigh 3-speed/Brooks B72
Well, aren't you the crafty one! That is super cool, both practical and high-viz. Excellent work!
Emily
2011 Jamis Dakar XC "Toto" - Selle Italia Ldy Gel Flow
2007 Trek Pilot 5.0 WSD "Gloria" - Selle Italia Diva Gel Flow
2004 Bike Friday Petite Pocket Crusoe - Selle Italia Diva Gel Flow
And she sews!
Fancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
Found on side of the road bike ~ Motobecane Mixte
Gravel bike ~ Salsa Vaya
Favorite bike ~ Soma Buena Vista mixte
Folder ~ Brompton
N+1 ~ My seat on the Rover recumbent tandem
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a sleeve! Now I know what to do with that sleeve.
I got a high-vis vest with removable sleeves at the Canari wharehouse sale for $5 - reason being it only had one sleeve. Works great as a vest though.
Specialized Oura or Romin Evo Saddles
That is so cool! I'm feeling inspired to do something similar.
Very clever. I got a similar one as schwag at a running race I did in Baltimore in October. (but not high vis, and it advertises an insurance company's Gecko on it) It's great for those "just in case" events.
How 'bout specs? How did you do the straps? Length? One or two pieces? Did you reinforce the bottom attachment point?
2007 Seven ID8 - Bontrager InForm
2003 Klein Palomino - Terry Firefly (?)
2010 Seven Cafe Racer - Bontrager InForm
2008 Cervelo P2C - Adamo Prologue Saddle
I used 2 sleeves and cut open all the seams to get the max fabric out of them. The cuffs where I removed the elastic were the natural place for the drawstrings. For the bottom drawstring attachments, I sewed in 2 small pieces of grossgrain ribbon. I double sewed across the grossgrain ribbon and the bottom and top seams. The final dimension are 17" tall, 12" wide at the top, 17" wide at the bottom. The straps are drawstrings that run through the top sleeves in both direction from opposite sides and through the bottom anchors. See additional photos.
Oil is good, grease is better.
2007 Peter Mooney w/S&S couplers/Terry Butterfly
1993 Bridgestone MB-3/Avocet O2 Air 40W
1980 Columbus Frame with 1970 Campy parts
1954 Raleigh 3-speed/Brooks B72
Kale, chips, and a homemade ultralight backpack. You're my kind of style!!
Now I must suppress the urge to hit all the thrift stores in the area RIGHT NOW to go find a high vis garment to snatch the sleeves off of!
Sit bones = ~135 mm, saddles that work ~ 155cm/6.1 in wide
2003 da Vinci (custom road/all-rounder)/Terry Butterfly Ti
1994 Gary Fisher Nirvana (vintage MTB/commuter)/Terry Butterfly Chromoly
1991 Terry Symmetry (NOS frame/fork, project in progress)
1973 Raleigh Super Course (project in progress)
Very nice!
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