http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Zip tie bodges en Thu, 02 Jul 2026 05:43:21 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164197 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 17:52:35 +0000 Kenny 164197@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>The ultimate fix for my bodge is indeed to re-tap, but I have no such tool (yet). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164148 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:43:05 +0000 acsimpson 164148@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Given a choice I would take a zip tie on the seat stay before the chainstay. The majority of the weight will presumably be going down with the seatstay bolt mainly providing balance. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164138 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:08:21 +0000 cb 164138@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Surface looks a bit like Morningside Road. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164129 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:37:42 +0000 Dave 164129@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>When I toured Cuba this year, one of the bikes had a bolt sheared in the seat stay so the pannier rack was held on with a zip tie. It had quite a bit of weight on it (no front panniers, 3 week trip) but worked out just fine.</p> <p>The terrain wasn't the roughest in the world but it wasn't smooth going either:</p> <p><img src="http://cdn.mccraw.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/cuba-cce.jpg"></p> <p>(yes, I am pushing. We did a lot of pushing as there were three big hills where my barometer went above 30% gradient...) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164128 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:34:46 +0000 algo 164128@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If it is an M5 rivnut you wouldn't want to try tapping that from 5mm to 6mm - it'd need removing first - they usually appear with apparent bosses on tubes - not dropouts </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164123 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:21:02 +0000 chdot 164123@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"so how well do cable ties work?"</p> <p>Obviously sub-optimum if you expect to carry much weight, but the rack is (should be...) held tightly in three other places. </p> <p>Zip ties that are under a lot of stress will fail. </p> <p>Re-tapping 5 to 6 better (and easier - if you have a tap) than helicoils. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164122 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:12:40 +0000 cb 164122@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Do people who cable tie their racks on still use the rack to carry stuff?</p> <p>Chris Juden in the CTC mag is always tut-tutting when he sees a bike with mere 5mm bolts for the rack. Carrying more than an apple needs 6mm, so how well do cable ties work? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164121 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 10:11:31 +0000 algo 164121@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It is possible to helicoil where threads are gone or just go up from M5 to M6. It is also quite common for the bosses to actually be rivnuts - in which case removing the old one and inserting a new one can be the best fix. I may buy another collection of rivnuts at some point. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164109 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:52:06 +0000 condor2378 164109@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I lost the screw holding my rack to the frame this very morning and it is currently ziptied to the frame to stop it going into the cassette again. I also think the thread has been stripped so this may be a more permanent repair than I'd have hoped. :-( </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164104 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:31:36 +0000 I were right about that saddle 164104@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I wish I'd had a zip tie to hand this morning. Cable to rear mech snapped. No means of bodging <em>sans</em> cable tie.</p> <p>Had to cycle in using clown gear. Turns out 3-8 is not a suitable ratio for any part of my commute.</p> <p>EDIT When I say I was using clown gear I don't mean big stripey trousers and a Krusty wig. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164103 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:23:07 +0000 acsimpson 164103@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My front mudguard is attached to the fork using zip ties. It's a carbon fork and there isn't an obvious hole for a bolt so I cable tied it. the hard part was keeping them away from the frame.</p> <p>I've also got a couple on the stays to stop rattling. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164101 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:14:47 +0000 cc 164101@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I used zip ties to fasten the fruit crate onto the front of my monsterfiets. Works well. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164098 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 09:04:21 +0000 TractorFactory 164098@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yep, done a mudguard zip tie bodge. </p> <p>Alternatively, did a very recent wee bit of remedial ziptie work on my seatpost. My seat post reveals one of the few gaps into my frame at the back so I cut up and old inner tube and zip tied it over the hole to hopefully prevent all manners of road gunk getting in there and attacking my bottom bracket which I have to remove periodically and clean. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164097 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 08:53:35 +0000 amir 164097@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I am embarrassed to admit that I bought a riveter from Lidl some time ago but haven't worked out how to use it (or to get old rivets out of a mudguard). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164092 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 08:03:07 +0000 Bhachgen 164092@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Like gembo I have both a mudguard and a bottle cage held in place with zip ties. Always have a small selection in the toolbag on all of my bikes. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164091 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:47:14 +0000 minus six 164091@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>mudguards and zipties... they go together like fish and chips </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164090 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:24:22 +0000 I were right about that saddle 164090@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Years of mudguard flapping caused me to purchase a PoP riveter. Never looked back. It's the kind of tool that convinces you you could build a spitfire if you put your mind to it and had a bit more scrap alloy sheet.</p> <p>That said, Madame IWRATS' rear mudguards are cable-tied to the seat stays of her frankenbike. The frame is a cross-country MTB with no eyelets and I had no P-clips to hand. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164089 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 07:13:30 +0000 gembo 164089@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@dave, yes, the pop riveter is a great tool. My work colleague brought one in and we tried to fix an EBC pannier. Alas this might also have needed some kind of steam press. Too many layers of different materials.</p> <p>It did cross my mind that it would be easier with a mud guard. Maybe on front wheel. Looks better, more secure fastening etc. Only thing was the faff. Where the zip tie can be wriggled in. A demo at PYS or PY dependent on referendum result would be most welcome.</p> <p>Was that you riding solo on a tandem past me last night? My very bad cold has returned as splitting headache (this is an excuse for being passed by guy riding solo on a tandem) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164088 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 00:02:11 +0000 Dave 164088@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@gembo, I have graduated to pop rivetting the mudguard back together. Very neat job (good as new) and only takes a moment.</p> <p>Perhaps I should bring the tool and some spare rivets to the next PY?</p> <p>I have ridden for so many years with mudguards that have a figure of 8 zip tie holding them on, eventually I used it as an opportunity to tool up! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164087 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 23:37:23 +0000 wingpig 164087@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Only one ziptie on my mudguards at the moment, as the emergency retention device to keep them off the road if they snap at the seat stay bracket us currently a bit of garden twine as zipties kept snapping. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164086 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 23:15:27 +0000 Mandopicker101 164086@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My mudguards are partly zip-tied on. These are 'classic', being salvaged from a 25 year old road bike (my first 'serious' bike). Unfortunately none of the fixings fit with a modern bike... </p> <p>Still they suit the black and silver style of my cross bike. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164078 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 21:28:12 +0000 gembo 164078@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Alas no but when the pop rivets break, I pop out the pop rivet and then reconnect the metal spokes to the plastic guard using a zip tie. Over the years I have got better at this. Using the right size of tie is important. Do most folk not do this?</p> <p>Similar to your rack I also have a water bottle held on by zip tie due to thread on one screw going. I don't know if it would take a bottle but it has stopped a rattle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164077 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 21:18:56 +0000 Kenny 164077@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>All mudguards held together by zip ties.</em></p> <p>Got any pics to see the handiwork? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164073 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:58:31 +0000 gembo 164073@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>All mudguards held together by zip ties. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=13385#post-164068 Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:22:19 +0000 Kenny 164068@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I'm interested in hearing about other people's bodge repairs on their bikes with zip ties. I did my first today.</p> <p>For long enough, I have had a rattling noise on my bike which I suspected was my headset. Yesterday I realised it was the metal bars holding the pannier rack on, as one of the screws has apparently lost some of its thread, preventing me tightening it fully, so that the metal bar was rattling against the side of my frame. Annoying.</p> <p>I tried loom bands to resolve the problem, but alas they didn't work. I then decided I'd use zip ties as the next bodge / jury-rig attempt, and my commute home was peaceful and glorious!</p> <p>Here's a picture of said bodge. What things have you done with zip ties, either as temporary bodges, or ones that should have been temporary but have become permanent?</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/oKxPnC"><img src="https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5593/14932666058_62a4d5c867.jpg"></a> </p>