http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Jesse's bodges - this week, I will mostly be building... en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 00:41:24 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-120633 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 23:34:00 +0000 kaputnik 120633@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Having Googled that, it's definitely on the list! (And not the list I put things on that annoy me, like Wiggle) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-120632 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 23:08:34 +0000 Instography 120632@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Get thee a kelly kettle. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-120630 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 22:24:10 +0000 kaputnik 120630@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@Gembo, I like the way it cooks. I dislike everything else it would seem</p> <p>@Instography saw that in Tiso when I bought the Trangia, couldn't work out if it was a stove or what! Fancy.</p> <p>Like the idea of a wee scavenged-fuel burner for beach trips or whatever. But think just the 1 (2) stove will do for now. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-120628 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 22:00:47 +0000 Instography 120628@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Mainly I didn't like the way the meths made the pans dirty, which is definitely a bit wussy. </p> <p>But then I have a bit of a stove collection. The less I go camping the more gear I buy like that was some kind of alternative. Current favourite is a wood burning stove made by a guy on a canoeing forum. The Kelly Kettle is great fun for the kids. It was a triumph of will to walk out of Cotswold Outdoor without buying one of <a href="http://www.biolitestove.com">these</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-120626 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:31:04 +0000 gembo 120626@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Kaps, do you like or dislike your primus stove? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-120624 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 21:27:02 +0000 kaputnik 120624@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@instography, I have a quite nice Primus gas burner (one of the ground-mounted ones with a hose to the fuel canister). However I don't like how it packs down, being an inconvenient shape for fitting into the dixies and requiring it's own tin. I don't like the rather wussy windshield that always blows over, I don't like how telling how much gas you have left in the can is a dark art, I don't like that it's not always easy to get correct gas cans (even though I carry an adapter to take threaded and threadless cans) and lastly, the peiz got broken when the burglar tried to steal it (and dropped it) and I resented having to carry a lighter when I'd purposely bought a self-lighting one!</p> <p>So I went back to basics cos I only really need to boil water and will keep the gas stove for special occassions or whatever. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-120617 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 20:58:58 +0000 Instography 120617@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Looks good. Weird bike. Must confess, I never got into the meths thing with the Trangia. Gas burner. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-120615 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 20:44:01 +0000 Cyclingmollie 120615@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Just need to remember not to have a quick swig by accident*.</p> <p>*Depends how you roll of course. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-120613 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 20:19:02 +0000 Uberuce 120613@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Egads, man! Don't bamboozle us with that kind of fade/blend thingmy! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-120610 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 19:39:01 +0000 amir 120610@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And a mutant wheel-frame </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-120608 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:58:15 +0000 gembo 120608@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yeah but you seem to have two sets of pedals on your bike too, which is equally clever </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-120606 Sun, 04 Aug 2013 18:49:26 +0000 kaputnik 120606@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/9438312610/"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3755/9438312610_7a1565a7a1.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/9438312610/">Bodge: Accomplished!</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kaputniq/">the Magnificent Octopus</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>This week, I have been mostly bodging my bottle cage onto the 3rd set of mounting holes on my tourer, which were positioned 1 inch too far up the tube, resulting in no clearance betwixt bottle and wheel. With a little bit of patience, a lot of filing and some bits of randomly shaped metal out of the floorsweepings box, I seem to have constructed something that works and doesn't look too bad! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-59655 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:50:25 +0000 steveo 59655@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>Leaning bike against leg then resting camera on seat (whilst keeping a tight hold on the strap</em></p> <p>A small section of old seat post could be modified to take a tripod head easily enough, coupled with a qr and either a strap or guy and peg would be a fairly stable platform as long as you got the angle right there wouldn't be any bike in shot.</p> <p><em>And K still remembers it!</p> <p>Impressive. </em></p> <p>'affore my time i think. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-59651 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:41:56 +0000 chdot 59651@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"POSTED 2 YEARS AGO"</p> <p>And K still remembers it!</p> <p>Impressive. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-59650 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:41:39 +0000 wingpig 59650@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A while back I vaguely considered getting a chunky monopod to replace my flimsy broken tripod, using the bike as the other two legs. Leaning bike against leg then resting camera on seat (whilst keeping a tight hold on the strap) is safer and steadier as the seat doesn't swivel as much as the bars... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-59646 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:35:39 +0000 steveo 59646@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Good point, the precarious balance probably means its even less stable than a monopod</p> <p>Off road a guy and tent peg would help with that.</p> <p>Probably better to just stick the tripod in the bag. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-59645 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:27:57 +0000 wingpig 59645@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Yip, seen that. Even when not moving, cycles can fall over, as a bloke I went past on the canal a few years ago who was just picking up his camera after it had been slammed sideways into the ground after he'd used a Gorillapod to attach it to his handlebars found out. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-59643 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:14:45 +0000 steveo 59643@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Excellent Kaputnik, i shall investigate and see if I have these parts.</p> <p>Wingpig, it was in response to this thought via twitter.<br /> "<em>I wonder if there is a safe way to attach a tripod screw to an ahead set to allow the use of a bicycle as a mono (bi) pod. Not while riding.</em>"</p> <p>Just thinking out loud to see if there was a way I could avoid a tripod for times of marginal light. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-59641 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:11:57 +0000 wingpig 59641@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>There's a bit of a gap between "a digital camera you wouldn't cry over if it got damaged" and "brand-new D3100" so I hope he's using and old camera. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-59629 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 14:47:53 +0000 kaputnik 59629@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Steveo - these are the droids you are looking for </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-1731 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:10:10 +0000 Kim 1731@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I am not sure why you are wanting to mount a camera on your handle bars like that? </p> <p>If you want to take photos which not just carry it in your pocket and take it out when you need it? </p> <p>Or if you are wanting to record short video clips, then get a <a href="http://www.veho-uk.com/productdetail.aspx?id=87">Veho Muvi Camcorder</a>, it is about the size of a match box and comes with a water proof cover and a mounting kit all <a href="http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.207-1022.aspx">for under £40</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-1726 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:47:01 +0000 DaveC 1726@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>We bought some wood effect sticky backed plastic for the kitchen which could look good on an old bike frame.</p> <p>... getting back to the Camera Mount. Did you know some cameras have waterproof marine cases? They have the tripod mount nut built into the housing so you could also capture cycling in the rain.</p> <p><a href="http://www.justcanon.com/acatalog/info_1147B001AA.html">Waterproof housing for canon cameras</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-1712 Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:17:03 +0000 nearefare 1712@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.lowimpact.org/gorgie_bike_trailer.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.lowimpact.org/gorgie_bike_trailer.htm</a></p> <p>build yer own bike at gorgie city farm </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-1152 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:31:11 +0000 kaputnik 1152@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@spytfyre - only one way to find out! some rubber bungs should help </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-1141 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:31:53 +0000 spytfyre 1141@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>nice idea but I reckon the camera will get minced with the constant shock from pot holes </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-1118 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 11:07:49 +0000 miggy_magic 1118@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sounds like a good wee project. Funny you should mention that, chdot - one of my colleagues is building a bamboo bike! The shipment of bamboo arrived in our office a couple of weeks ago to much bemusement. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-1112 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 09:18:39 +0000 chdot 1112@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And when you've done that try -</p> <p>"Do It Yourself: Building Your Own Bamboo Bike"</p> <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121628758" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121628758</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=167#post-1108 Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:13:28 +0000 kaputnik 1108@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>One of these!</p> <p><a href="http://www.londoncyclist.co.uk/tips/make-your-own-bike-camera/"><img src="http://photojojo.com/content/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/DSC_9453-feature.jpg"><br /> Build your own bicycle camera mount</a></p> <p>Has anyone tried this? It looks so cheap and simple to do - a couple of bolts, washers and nuts, an old light mount and a digital camera you wouldn't cry over if it got damaged. I know what I'm doing in the garage on Boxing Day.</p> <p>And of course, the end results would be both fun and productive. On a dry day it could make patrolling the cycleways and byeways of Edinburgh and capturing "evidence" so much easier.</p> <p>Of course, must be careful not to get distracted by buttons in traffic... </p>