If there's a Poundland near you....

[summerdays]

I think Aldi also have them sometimes, although they work out more like £2 each...

Mr Summerdays picked up the Aldi ones when they were selling them off cheap and so got 4 bands for £2.

My friend has a pick one attached to her helmet through the vents at the back.

 

[Arch]

Use silicon sealant, glue or grease to waterproof the torches. A thin line around the edge of the lens and all openings should sort it. Swtches might be more of an issue.

Or cover the whole lot with a clear flexible plastic bag - probably possible to seal it round the fitting with an elastic band or something.

Just been and bought a couple more ankle bands, so I'm well stocked up.

 

[blazed]

Never heard of poundland until now but i can tell you i certainly wont be stepping foot in any pound shop.

 

[Arch]

Never heard of poundland until now but i can tell you i certainly wont be stepping foot in any pound shop.

Oh good, no chance of ever meeting you in there then.

 

[downfader]

Or cover the whole lot with a clear flexible plastic bag - probably possible to seal it round the fitting with an elastic band or something.

Just been and bought a couple more ankle bands, so I'm well stocked up.

Bag would work well, though I have tried it myself and it flaps about a fair bit, lol! Maybe cable tie it around the torch too?

 

[Arch]

I guess it's down to finding the snuggest plastic bag you can, that fits.

Not that I often get up to speeds that might cause much flapping!

 

[thomas]

Never heard of poundland until now but i can tell you i certainly wont be stepping foot in any pound shop.

snob

 

[Hacienda71]

I shall try the plastic bag with elastic bands . I don't use the bike in the pics in the rain due to a lack of mudguards, i have an old rigid mtb i use when it is wet which has different lighting. After todays grind through the Cheshire lanes on said MTB I may well invest in guards for the road bike. I don't think i will be able to come up with a Poundland solution for that though.

 

[dav1d]

Anyone got any suggestions on how to fit them to the sides of my pannier bags?

My brother always used to spend around £4 on hair gels and would never believe me when I said you could get the exact same ones from poundshops!

 

[blazed]

My brother always used to spend around £4 on hair gels and would never believe me when I said you could get the exact same ones from poundshops!

As well as your eyes being tainted by ugly people, which like or not is a simple fact that places like those have a higher percentage of fat and ugly people. Not worth skimping on a few quid imo. Not only that but you are probably more likely to catch flu and other crap from those places.

 

[Hacienda71]

As well as your eyes being tainted by ugly people, which like or not is a simple fact that places like those have a higher percentage of fat and ugly people. Not worth skimping on a few quid imo. Not only that but you are probably more likely to catch flu and other crap from those places.

Ah ha, you must have been in one if you know they are frequented by such people, or you have stood outside looking in voyuer stylee

 

[Arch]

Anyone got any suggestions on how to fit them to the sides of my pannier bags?

Hmm...

looking at mine, the back of the reflective bit has the fuzzy side of velcro on it. if you don't mind sticking something to the pannier, you could buy some of the sticky back velcro (often sold from rolls in haberdashery shops, or maybe hardware shops), and stick the hooky side to the pannier, and velcro the fuzzy bit to it.

or...

If it's like the one I have here, the other end of the strap has the fuzzy side one side and the hooky the other, so you can roll it round and it sticks to itself. If you have a handle or similar on the top of the pannier, you could attach the end to it, and let the strip dangle down. it might flap about and get turned over in the wind I suppose.

If your panniers can stand having a pin put through them (so probably not if they are waterprrof or valuable, you could even safety pin the strip on.

 

[blazed]

Ah ha, you must have been in one if you know they are frequented by such people, or you have stood outside looking in voyuer stylee

Youve only got to look at the people walking out of bargain shops. Obviously i have been in a few bargain shops before like lidl and netto but only when it is the only option and even then only to buy something like a can of drink. You walk in lidl then go to M&S or Waitrose and there is a huge difference in customers. Generally poor people are uglier, look after themselves less and therfore look a mess. You wont see a hot yummy mummy walking around looking like she has just came out of a black hole with 5 overweight kids screaming in a marks and spencers but you can take your pick in a lidl.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

not read the whole thread so apoliogies if duplicationg but Wilkinsons do a range of affordable cycling bits and bats that are better than nothing and are a good source of the arm/ankle bands mentioned in OP.

I use them all the time on my ankles, like pedal reflectors they give unique motion pattern that readily identifies as a bike.

 

[Arch]

not read the whole thread so apoliogies if duplicationg but Wilkinsons do a range of affordable cycling bits and bats that are better than nothing and are a good source of the arm/ankle bands mentioned in OP.

I use them all the time on my ankles, like pedal reflectors they give unique motion pattern that readily identifies as a bike.

Ah, cheers. We have a Wilkinsons but out on one of the edge of town retail parks I never go to... I'm familiar with them from Leicester - the one in the city centre has been growing for years, gradually taking over the shops next door... It's by the bus stop home to Mum's and you're nearly always bound to find what you want there, often as an afterthought when you've been trailing round the rest of town all day looking...