http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Zip ties en Sun, 19 Apr 2026 07:13:22 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9323#post-97722 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:42:03 +0000 gembo 97722@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>My mudguards are held together by zip ties.</p> <p>I did see a poster on a pole on old new mills road which is quiet country hill road that ends at railway to glasgow (via shotts). it read Are you annoyed by posters on poles on quiet country roads?</p> <p>The accumulation of zip ties on poles is certainly a modern phenomenon </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9323#post-97719 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:25:29 +0000 fimm 97719@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A friend of mine who used to help put up election posters for the Green Party said that theirs were all tied on with string... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9323#post-97718 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:22:42 +0000 crowriver 97718@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It depends on the design. Some have a wee lever that can be lifted and the whole thing undone. Others you can cut on the correct side and re-use, albeit a bit shorter than the original! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9323#post-97715 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:14:30 +0000 Charterhall 97715@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>You use a pin to disengage the ratchet </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9323#post-97714 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:10:39 +0000 Kenny 97714@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>How on earth do you untie a zip tie? I thought they had to be cut to be removed? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9323#post-97702 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:01:37 +0000 kaputnik 97702@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>It's a general observation that people / organisations that either aren't paying for things out their own pocket, or aren't intimately aware of the finances, generally aren't so careful about spending and what they use/re-use/discard.</p> <p>POP should have got award for one of the most effective uses of shoestrings in a campaign in 2012! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9323#post-97699 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:46:24 +0000 SRD 97699@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@pocopiglet - no offence taken. My our point a by good one (which is why we took ours down). Hadn't thought of potential for re-use - thanks for tip. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9323#post-97697 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:28:59 +0000 chdot 97697@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>These are good for undoing ZTs</p> <p><img src="https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTBwJTDsmK4MqwFSFDABs3wEGMhFLyeJxq_Ycglne3ZJrE54SVI"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9323#post-97694 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:24:53 +0000 Pocopiglet 97694@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@SRD and all PoP folk, sorry no dig was intended, merely a general comment. Even in rural areas you can spy huge clumps of sticky-oot plastic adorning signposts. Actually, if you want a huge number to use for your posters free of charge just a wee prod lifts the tongue of the zip tie and means it can be removed and re-used.</p> <p>Kaputnik just posted before me. Well done with the recycling, that man! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9323#post-97693 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:24:14 +0000 kaputnik 97693@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hurrah for Zip (cable) Ties!</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/8406516222/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8355/8406516222_effc2ff6ea.jpg"></a><br /> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaputniq/8406516222/">Z is for...</a> by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/kaputniq/">the Magnificent Octopus</a>, on Flickr</p> <p>@pocopiglet - most of the POP posters I put up last year I simply undid existing cable-ties and used them for my own posters. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9323#post-97692 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:17:37 +0000 SRD 97692@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@amir. We discovered a new use on Sunday - small ones attach balloons to bike most effectively.</p> <p>@pocopiglet - we cut off all the ones we used for PoP last year </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9323#post-97691 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:16:20 +0000 Pocopiglet 97691@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Wonderful invention and they have many, many uses, but am I the only person irritated by the huge numbers of them left around lamp-posts and sign supports after the election/advertising posters are removed or blown away? Folk should be obliged to remove them along with their posters after the election/event is complete. They don't have to be cut as they are easy to remove and reuse. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=9323#post-97690 Tue, 22 Jan 2013 20:04:25 +0000 amir 97690@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A word in favour of zip ties. They are a wonderful invention with many uses and very portable to boot.</p> <p>One the way home, my mudguard came loose as the bridge clip had broken. It was a simple matter to repair with zip ties - it's as good as new. </p>