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daeno

Top tube pad or hanky ?
« on: 01 May, 2008, 11:05:23 pm »
Why the top tube pad or hanky ?

Anti-frame-scuffing ?

Nut protection ? Had one on my BMX racing bike when I was 12.
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Phil

Re: Top tube pad or hanky ?
« Reply #1 on: 01 May, 2008, 11:13:56 pm »
Protects your suspiciously pristine track bike from the rough surface of the lamppost you've locked it to as you sip your doplo moccha latte. 
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andygates

  • Peroxide Viking
Re: Top tube pad or hanky ?
« Reply #2 on: 02 May, 2008, 12:07:04 am »
And from your brakeless (and thus unrestrained) handlebars swinging their track-taped shiny bits into your uberspendy frame.

Many's the bike I've dinged while the brakes and gears are decabled. ::-)
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Charlotte

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Re: Top tube pad or hanky ?
« Reply #3 on: 02 May, 2008, 12:10:20 am »
I just have one 'cos it looks cool, innit?
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Frenchie

Re: Top tube pad or hanky ?
« Reply #4 on: 02 May, 2008, 08:30:45 am »
Quote from: Charlotte on 02 May, 2008, 12:10:20 am
I just have one 'cos it looks cool, innit?

Extra weight though...  ::-)
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Charlotte

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Re: Top tube pad or hanky ?
« Reply #5 on: 02 May, 2008, 08:32:09 am »
So's half a tub of Ben and Jerry's...

::-)
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andygates

  • Peroxide Viking
Re: Top tube pad or hanky ?
« Reply #6 on: 02 May, 2008, 08:48:46 am »
[weenie]
Use silk instead of cotton
[/weenie]
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Frenchie

Re: Top tube pad or hanky ?
« Reply #7 on: 02 May, 2008, 08:52:29 am »
Quote from: andygates on 02 May, 2008, 08:48:46 am
[weenie]
Use silk instead of cotton
[/weenie]

'tis softer on the paint...  ::-)
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rogerzilla

  • When n+1 gets out of hand
Re: Top tube pad or hanky ?
« Reply #8 on: 04 May, 2008, 08:28:55 am »
My top tube is chipped  :-[

I was very careful, but it took a bit of a knock from January 2nd's fainting incident, as did the back of my head (I was wheeling the bike at the time, h*lm*t zealots  :P)
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Zipperhead

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Re: Top tube pad or hanky ?
« Reply #9 on: 04 May, 2008, 11:46:31 am »
Quote from: Charlotte on 02 May, 2008, 08:32:09 am
So's half a tub of Ben and Jerry's...

::-)

Half a tub? how can anybody put half a tub back into the freezer?
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Polar Bear

Re: Top tube pad or hanky ?
« Reply #10 on: 04 May, 2008, 12:57:45 pm »
Quote from: Zipperhead on 04 May, 2008, 11:46:31 am
Quote from: Charlotte on 02 May, 2008, 08:32:09 am
So's half a tub of Ben and Jerry's...

::-)

Half a tub? how can anybody put half a tub back into the freezer?

It could be that somebody else is eating the other half ...   :o
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Treewheeler

Re: Top tube pad or hanky ?
« Reply #11 on: 11 May, 2008, 06:40:00 pm »
Quote from: Charlotte on 02 May, 2008, 08:32:09 am
So's half a tub of Ben and Jerry's...

::-)
You actually have the will power to limit yourself to half a tub...? O:-)
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