Most (not) Useful bike bits

Bike Fan

is it battery powered? the only moment you'll take advantage of that is when you're waiting at a traffic light.

actually it is kinda nice to keep cool when you stop at a traffic light and immeditally your entire body felt like it's already hotter than the fire of Mount Doom.

rofl at edscoble

nearly as great as the solar-powered torch

Hah! that thing must last at least 10 minutes!

wont because you use a flashlight when it's dark, and keep it in a cupboard duh

But if you attached say 8 of those fans to each seatstay they could make you go faster. Plus they would slow down anyone riding close beind you.

Fecking genious

nearly as great as the solar-powered torch

Got one from Ikea. The sola panel chares batteries. So it works fine
(as long as you plan your torch useage in advance)

Water proof teabag on order ;)

Water proof teabag on order ;)

for your chocolate teapot

not strictly bike related but this is just fantastic!

BACK SCRATCHER'S T-SHIRT: The fast and logical solution to infernal itching

"The friend...who offers to scratch your back is a friend...indeed...For those who are fed up of saying, 'left a bit, up a bit, right a bit...' comes a very special T-shirt, complete with Battleships style, itch-locater grid. The scratchee is also equipped with a hand-held miniature corresponding grid-map, for accurate communication. So when the scratcher says, 'I'm scratching F5,' the scratchee can say, 'try G7.' "

for your chocolate teapot

Exactly.

Every time the bottom melts out of my teapot, thats a couple of tea bags wasted. This way I can simply reuse the water-proof one.

I'm not an idiot you know ;)

Truly useless:

A front suspension fork on a 12" wheeled (2-4 year old kids) bike. Sometimes the bike industry really pees me off.

Apols, carry on.

useful untill you try to escape from a house fire.

maybe cannondale thought that it wasnt v useful to have proper forks on their £700 singlespeed OTP..

IMHO that looks utter shit.

why is 'not' in brackets??

This seems to me to be a marketing/branding thing related to their very very good 'lefty' sus fork. Thing is, if the axle is a standard one (the lefty uses a special chunky axle, i think), you have to question the strength of the setup.

the back scratcher t shirt is awesome

i was wondering wtf that was b4 i read your text.
somesort of combo between:
lightsaber / front of sniper rifle/ flameproof lighter / prosthetic limb / walking stick / tyre pump

especially confused by the red self destruct button at the top. or is that a light?

especially confused by the red self destruct button at the top. or is that a light?

obviously a QR for the hidden solar powered torch

obviously a QR for the hidden solar powered torch

Nope, the fork leg is in fact insulated. Pre ride you fill it with hot water and then when you are approaching your goal you twist the blue switch to lower the water-proof teabag. Apon arrival you press the red switch to pour.

Cannondales site speaks of composite materials. Probably chocolate with waffer.

maybe cannondale thought that it wasnt v useful to have proper forks on their £700 singlespeed OTP..

IMHO that looks utter shit.

That picture really captures their target market. I always imagine those 90's euro look punks with flat caps, boots and goatee's on cannondales, especially all black ones.

In terms of strength, its absolutley fine. The single leg makes little difference to the strength, as the distance between hub centre & axle clamp are small. This is similar to the way a lot of motorbikes, scooters & cars are setup.