Long story, stay with me.
Last time I met BigDummy (of this 'ere parish) as he jumped astride his unfeasibly large luggage bike, he whipped-out a cracking bit of kit for keeping his troosers out of his chainwheel.
Apparently it was made by Crumpler, but he got it years ago. Sure enough, I cant find it on Crumpler's website and I even dropped into their shop on Strand and all they have now is a very crappy designed Thingy which obviously just doesnt work as your troos flare into your chainwheel:
So, I thought Id make my own.
Ive got hold of various bits from eBay: 2.5mm neoprene, some sew-on velcro, and for a bit of pizazz, some 3M Scotchlite sew-on tape, and commandeered Mummy Stoner's sewing machine.
And here it is:
Black on one side, red on the other. Works a treat.
Now here's the charity bit, Ive bought enough materials to make 6 of these - £23.75 worth. The photo's are of the prototype. Up for sale are 4 more, plus the prototype.
The prototype is more than fine, but my stitching isnt as teh awesum as it will be on the other 4.
I reckon these are worth £10 of anyone's money. So Ive already "paid" for mine with a £10 donation on a justgiving page Ive created just for this.
http://www.justgiving.com/stoner
Iv'e picked Crisis as it seems a good shout for this time of the year.
So roll-up, roll-up. If you want one of these fine pieces of commuterware, then make a commitment in a post below. Only the FIRST 4 get a widget PLUS 1 who commits to buy the Widget prototype for £8!
The final run of 4 will have Scotchlite on only ONE side (I will assume black side unless you specify). Whoever buys the prototype, obviously gets the 3M tape on both sides.
Once you've committed, it'd be good form to go over to justgiving and make that donation ASAP in your STW name
I will get these made up over the next few evenings on Mummy Stoner's sewing machine and post these next week at my own expense. Cant guarantee they'll arrive by Xmas, but your money will get to Crisis as you deposit it. By the time we're all done, Crisis should be £58 the better off.
And of course if anyone fancies just bunging some cash their way for the sake of it, you're welcome to use the justgiving page to do it.
ta all,
Stoner
