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Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 31 Aug 2010, 9:55pm
by patricktaylor
I haven't seen these primus stove clips. Does the stove stay on the bike when you cook? If it does, you wouldn't need to stop.
Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 31 Aug 2010, 10:00pm
by Mick F
Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 31 Aug 2010, 10:30pm
by reohn2
dc wrote:It has to be a primus stove clipped on to the top bar of a bike. After twenty five or thirty miles stop, get the stove lit up, starters a can of soup heated up in the mess tin followed by a kettle of fresh tea then relax for an hour or so. None of these stainless flasks for me my cafe is on the top bar of my bike. Real cycle tourists use primus stoves. No touring bike should be sold without one. DC
They had the right name when they called them
mess tins
.
As for primus stove clips, no self respecting bicycle pedaling Human Being would be without one IMO,especially during the depths of winter,one could fire up the stove still attached to the top tube, when wearing a cape it would provide bicycle central heating
.
Though pumping the stove under a cape whilst riding isn't such a good idea when passing a bus queue as I got arrested and even though I protested my inoccence had to sign some sort of register
Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 31 Aug 2010, 10:43pm
by tooley92
reohn2 wrote:dc wrote:It has to be a primus stove clipped on to the top bar of a bike. After twenty five or thirty miles stop, get the stove lit up, starters a can of soup heated up in the mess tin followed by a kettle of fresh tea then relax for an hour or so. None of these stainless flasks for me my cafe is on the top bar of my bike. Real cycle tourists use primus stoves. No touring bike should be sold without one. DC
They had the right name when they called them
mess tins
.
As for primus stove clips, no self respecting bicycle pedaling Human Being would be without one IMO,especially during the depths of winter,one could fire up the stove still attached to the top tube, when wearing a cape it would provide bicycle central heating
.
Though pumping the stove under a cape whilst riding isn't such a good idea when passing a bus queue as I got arrested and even though I protested my inoccence had to sign some sort of register
Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 31 Aug 2010, 10:50pm
by PH
Dynamo hub and decent fitted lights.
Makes the bike ready to go anytime, transforming it into a much more practical form of transport.
Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 31 Aug 2010, 11:34pm
by nez
The Brompton. It's that simple. Under the desk, in the car, on my boat, on the train to London...
Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 1 Sep 2010, 10:32am
by Jonty
Ash28 wrote:Mountain bikes which got me back into cycling in the 90s.
+1
jonty
Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 3 Sep 2010, 8:08pm
by DaveFY7
patricktaylor wrote:I haven't seen these primus stove clips. Does the stove stay on the bike when you cook? If it does, you wouldn't need to stop.
Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 3 Sep 2010, 10:01pm
by TwoPlusTen
I'd say the mountain bike.
It got people cycling (including me) like never before.
Sadly car use has increased since at cycling's expense.
Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 4 Sep 2010, 7:04am
by hartleymartin
DaveFY7 wrote:patricktaylor wrote:I haven't seen these primus stove clips. Does the stove stay on the bike when you cook? If it does, you wouldn't need to stop.
I need to acquire one of those. I have all that room in the main triangle of my touring bicycle that isn't being put to good use.
Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 4 Sep 2010, 10:30am
by pete75
Ah Terrys. They made so many useful clips etc for bikes. I went to a mixed school and backin the sixties every girls bike had a Terrys hockey stick holder on the right fork leg.
Though the Japs have driven many old establsihed British manufacturers out of business they certainly haven't replaced them.
Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 4 Sep 2010, 10:39am
by Colin63
Allen key bolts for everything on the bike.
Makes repairs and maintenance far easier and fewer tools to carry
Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 4 Sep 2010, 6:45pm
by lynmorris
Having been a cyclist for 50 years + enjoying road,track,time trialing and of course touring along with club riding I think that I can say that the cycle frame,from steel to aluminium,aluminium/carbon and full carbon has had te greatest impact on my cycling,especially now when I realise that my 1981 531 Mercian is the most comfortable machine to ride of all the others.
Yes STIs and clipless pedals follow very close, but not Brooks saddles !
Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 4 Sep 2010, 7:22pm
by reohn2
pete75 wrote:Ah Terrys. They made so many useful clips etc for bikes.
Not forgetting the chocolates
Re: Which piece of cycling equipment had the greatest impact for
Posted: 4 Sep 2010, 7:24pm
by reohn2
hartleymartin wrote:DaveFY7 wrote:patricktaylor wrote:I haven't seen these primus stove clips. Does the stove stay on the bike when you cook? If it does, you wouldn't need to stop.
I need to acquire one of those. I have all that room in the main triangle of my touring bicycle that isn't being put to good use.
You need a briefcase