Show threadBob JonkmanJan 12

@enobacon

If you're worried about losing your bike seat and post (a real possibility) here's a quick&dirty bike hack to secure the seat on a bike. It's a bike chain inside an innertube looped through the seat rails and under the stays that hold the carrier.

It should really be looped under the seat stays; I'll make that change when I swap the seat for one that's not held together with duct tape.

#Biking #BikeHack #BikeRepair

Phil SturgeonAug 31, 2025
Out in the middle of nowhere Scotland, and an integral bit of my bike vanished off through a portal to an alternate dimension. Nae bother. Got wood and a farmers workshop. Jobs a good’un. #HackOrBodge #bikePacking #BikeHack
Sprocket Bicycle MarketplaceJul 19, 2025

Here's a SF city #bikehack to prevent your expensive #saddle from getting stolen while parked outside 🫡

Pro tip: You can get a used 8sp #chain for free from any #bike shop! 💸

And if you did already get your saddle stolen find a new one on Sprocket or put a Wanted listing for it ✅️

💚 www.sprocket.bike/app

Phil SturgeonMay 5, 2025
I’m not buying a gross plastic chain cleaner when I’ve got a perfectly good Thatchers can, knife, reusable zip tie, and an old bamboo toothbrush. #WestCountry #BikeHack #reuse
Hacker NewsApr 22, 2025

Making a smart bike dumb so it works again

https://francisco.io/blog/making-a-smart-bike-dumb-work-again/

#HackerNews #smartbike #dumbbike #bikehack #repairtechnology #innovation

Making a smart bike <del>dumb</del> work again — Francisco Presencia

My smart bike company went bankrupt, so I added a physical button to turn the light on/off

Blog of Francisco Presencia
Show threadme·ta·phil, derFeb 27, 2025
@dcz uhh, that's evil. so far I always succeded with a combination of wd-40, heat gun, ice spray (works great!!), force, more force, brute force and sticking-the-friggin'-bike-heads-over-heels-in-a-vise-and-using-the-whole-frame-as-a-lever. #bikehack
Koen Hufkens, PhDJan 10, 2025

You can protect your bike frame with tapes of all sort, but this doesn't really cut it if you want to rest your frame against poles to lock up. I covered my top bar with a spiral wrap knotting pattern to get some protection, and prevent the bike from sliding away.

video on how to knot the pattern:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=400v8D-sxjQ

#bikestodon #BikeTooter #bikehack

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