Bike Decorations

[KnittyNorah]

I was wandering around t'internet, as is my wont, and started to see - in various online bike shops, in the accessories section - what I can only call decorations for the bike. Not just handlebar tassels and spoke beads for the kid's bikes, but flower garlands and all sorts of other things and even kits for making said items. eg strings of bunting or pompoms, a lit-up flower garland, something for the Yorkshire folk among us, skulls and crossbones on your tyre valve caps, rude bike lights, programmable wheel lights, a bell shaped like a teapot, and even a flower vase which attaches to your handlebars!

I confess I do like the teapot bell ...LOL! I enjoy making things so I think I'll start making some of these things - bunting, maybe? or pompoms - and decorating my bike with them when I go out for a ride. Maybe I should take bets on whether I am more likely to (a) get laughed at (b) get rotten tomatoes thrown at me or (c) get asked where I obtained such a lovely accessory for my bike ...

 

[Reynard]

One of my cat show friends rides a 1940s ladies' 3-speed roadster with a wicker basket on the front that's decorated with flowers. Not my cup of tea, but I have to confess it makes me smile when I see photos of her and her bike. The bike is called Stanley, btw...

Mind, I do have reflective spoke sleeves on my steeds...

 

[KnittyNorah]

One of my cat show friends rides a 1940s ladies' 3-speed roadster with a wicker basket on the front that's decorated with flowers. Not my cup of tea, but I have to confess it makes me smile when I see photos of her and her bike. The bike is called Stanley, btw...

Mind, I do have reflective spoke sleeves on my steeds...

I've taken a few cuttings while I've been out and about - maybe I should consider the handlebar-mounted flower vase - and I am quite serious about decorating my front basket with either pompoms or bunting! Or weaving through it with ribbon or wool ...

 

[Reynard]

I've taken a few cuttings while I've been out and about - maybe I should consider the handlebar-mounted flower vase - and I am quite serious about decorating my front basket with either pompoms or bunting! Or weaving through it with ribbon or wool ...

And why not? Sometimes it's nice to do something different.

 

[Drago]

One of my cat show friends rides a 1940s ladies' 3-speed roadster with a wicker basket on the front that's decorated with flowers. Not my cup of tea, but I have to confess it makes me smile when I see photos of her and her bike. The bike is called Stanley, btw...

Mind, I do have reflective spoke sleeves on my steeds...

The cats put on a show?

 

[Tenkaykev]

I've taken a few cuttings while I've been out and about - maybe I should consider the handlebar-mounted flower vase - and I am quite serious about decorating my front basket with either pompoms or bunting! Or weaving through it with ribbon or wool ...

I like the flower vase idea, but owning a Brommie the water would fall out every time I folded the handlebar stem 🤔

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

I’ve seen the novelty dust caps shaped as hand grenade, dice, skulls, etc.

 

[T4tomo]

I once complemented someone in the lift who had made her own elasticated basket top cover. Mind that was primarily a practical thing. not really a decoration or adornment, despite being quite decorative.

In a nod to Poirot above, I sport anodised coloured valve caps with matching cable crimps.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

My bike currently has tinsel and fairy lights.

 

[T4tomo]

My bike currently has tinsel and fairy lights.

Better remove those by sundown....

 

[annedonnelly]

My bike has Cyclechat stickers

 

[ianrauk]

This is my partners bike. She loves a decoration.
She gets smiles and waves where ever she goes.

 

[Oldhippy]

My bike has Cyclechat stickers

I want a CC sticker! I have had crow feathers on my handlebars for years.

 

[Drago]

A crystal chandelier, sliver candlestick holders and a bidet adorn my Townsend shopper.

 

[roadrash]

As per the other thread, its your bike etc do what ever makes you happy and to hell with what anyone else thinks, I think a decorated bike is a great idea