BananaArmour

Could there be a more pointless product? I can see the idea behind it, but really how many bananas is it going to fit?

Got me to thinking though what other pointless bike related gadgetry there may be out there?

i dunno. Sexual deviancy seems to have been in the design brief!

Look at all the colors ! ! Someone is going to come up with a way to incorporate that into their bike.

enough colours to co-ordinate it with your deep Vs

karma Could there be a more pointless product? I can see the idea behind it, but really how many bananas is it going to fit?

Got me to thinking though what other pointless bike related gadgetry there may be out there?

i think its designed for one banana!.....if you don't want your banana to fuck stuff up in your bag then it ain't a bad idea....so i suppose its not a pointless product...

Do bananas have a reputation for sabotaging things? I always thought they were gentle, peaceful creatures...

dunno of any pointless bike gadgets but i used to own a stationary set that combined the only pen with the only ruler. Oh how i laughed

Ah I see what you mean, let me re-phrase:

what if your banana isn't the right shape?

From the site;

"This sturdy plastic case is designed to fit the majority of bananas"

edit: Are the majority of bananas really that shape?

I see some old-skool ski barend scratchguards there... light too! ooorrr... I could make a funky half-chain-guard? Custom colour schemes are available - get your orders in now for Xmas! ;-)
^^ I think these are a good idea - I eat bananas everyday and they can get mash-up by all the stuff I carry around.. especially if all smelly and ripe... mmmmm. I have seen zip-up padded covers for other fruit too - but they were marketed to parents and aimed at children. :-(

i thought they were bar-ends ? :P

I think that they have a curvy bit at one end a straighter bit at the other end, so that most bannana shapes are catered for by choosing the segment of appropriate curvature.

I can't beleive that I am posting a comment aboout how to fit a bannana into it's armour, on a website devoted to a type of bicycle drivetrain.

This is either the coolest or saddest moment of my entire life to date.

they were on 'the dragons den' ages ago
he got laughed out the place

having said that they turn out to be really popular
actually i think i might use one....

\actually thats bullshit, but i do see the point

I saw these in a product design store in Stockholm. Once you've seen it in real life there is no way you would ever use one.

mashton I think that they have a curvy bit at one end a straighter bit at the other end, so that most bannana shapes are catered for by choosing the segment of appropriate curvature.

I can't beleive that I am posting a comment aboout how to fit a bannana into it's armour, on a website devoted to a type of bicycle drivetrain.

This is either the coolest or saddest moment of my entire life to date.

Just to clarify... saddest.

I was actually given one of these as a gift from a friend in Stockholm. Initially I thought it was a crap idea until the other day I aggressively crammed my shiny macbook pro into my bag, squishing my banana.

It was not until I got to work that I had realised that my USB, power and headphone ports had been gunked up with mushy banana - My laptop now stinks of rotten banana!!

I now proudly place my lunchtime snack into my blue banana holder (and yes, it does fit all shapes and sizes) without fear of finding my apple coated in banana.

apple coated in banana sounds a bit raunchy

It will fit one regulation-size and approved curvature NJS banana.

Quality foodstuffs, ie Guinness, do not require supplementary protection.

MA3K It will fit one regulation-size and approved curvature NJS banana.

If not, you can shim it.

kowalski Quality foodstuffs, ie Guinness, do not require supplementary protection.

Really? Guinness never seems the same after I've poured it into my bag..

Guiness should be poured into a glass, HipFlask.

Other vessels are not GJS Approved.

Stoutenger....