How can I get this out?

[smokeysmoo]

Oh, and if your OCD really kicks in you should push one too far down on the otherside too for completeness.

I sense the humour JoeyB, but OCD is actually prevalent in our house, (Mrs S is medically diagnosed as such, and it has rubbed off a bit on me in some ways), and that idea had actually crossed my mind TBH, how bad is that?

I can't try anything else tonight, I quite like the pump idea, and failing that I might take the bike to work where we have a honking big compressor and airlines.....................

 

[02GF74]

How difficult can it bnne?

Are they flat bars or riser? If flat, then poke a bamboo stick and push it out; for riser a length of rubber hose.

but asd it sounds to be quite loose, attach a piece of cloth loosely on the end with tape then grab the oppiste end and swing the bar - the force (centrifugal) will be with you and it should go flying out - the cloth is to stop it flying off into next door neighbour's garden.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Are they flat bars or riser?

Drops!

 

[JoeyB]

I sense the humour JoeyB, but OCD is actually prevalent in our house, (Mrs S is medically diagnosed as such, and it has rubbed off a bit on me in some ways), and that idea had actually crossed my mind TBH, how bad is that?

I can't try anything else tonight, I quite like the pump idea, and failing that I might take the bike to work where we have a honking big compressor and airlines.....................

Whilst there was a humour element I think it would seriously cross my mind if I really couldn't get it out (oo er).

I think the compressor route is a goer btw.

 

[biggs682]

ss why not just turn them into bull horns !!!!

seriously i would go the air compressor route

 

[djb1971]

You are all INSANE!
He's had permission to buy some new bling from the boss!

It goes like this:

Spend an hour looking at nice new bling bars online
Pay for the said bars
Walk in to the mrs and say " you were right luv, I couldn't get it out so I've bought some new bars like you said from the beginning"
Making her feel that it was her brilliant idea
Finish off by saying "I should have listened to you two hours ago"

Two days time fit the new bars guilt free


YOU LOT WILL NEVER LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE GAME.

 

[Shut Up Legs]

A vacuum cleaner might just work, if it has an attachment that fits perfectly on the bar end, and the light isn't stuck firmly?

 

[Shut Up Legs]

I just noticed one of the claims on the website for that light:

Increases your driving safety and enjoyment

Huh?
Perhaps what they really mean is: the light will get stuck so far into the handlebars that in despair you'll give up on cycling altogether, and start driving.

 

[youngoldbloke]

Pipe bending spring?

might not be long enough - 2 pipe bending springs??

 

[JoeyB]

Update required!

 

[Venod]

Cut an old inner tube with leaving enough to stretch over the bar, seal with a jubilee clip or tie wrap & pump with track pump, of course this assumes the lights a tight fit in the bar !

 

[GlenBen]

Could you drill right through it then poke some sort of hook through and try to pull it out?

 

[Arjimlad]

I'm puzzled by this 'cos I have these lights and they sit nicely on the end of the bars, I could not push them inside the bars if I wanted to.

Possibly due to the bar tape though...

The Air line sounds a good plan for you unless you have one of those pushy flexible springy things mentioned above.

 

[eck]

A length of cable outer might work (gear cable outer is quite stiff but flexible), Pushed through from the other end, obv!

Ahem. This WILL work. I've just tried it. ETA .. on drop bars.

ETA: not with a light inside, but the cable will go through and seems stiff enough to push anything in its way.

 

[Arsen Gere]

Garden hose ? Push it in as far as possible, see if it will go round bend. If not turn the water on ?