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What I really need is some kind of sweet compartment on my handlebars to put my "haribo" in.
you're going to store your drugs in it aren't you... i know your sort! 😈
The simple hassle free answer is to lean your bike up against [b]someone else's car[/b] 😈
on a serious note, how does it cope with the fact bikers run different bite points on their brakes due to personal preferance?
The bit that holds the brake lever has 3 differnt points at which it holds the lever. Looks a well designed product to me just does not fulfill a function for me
Do you mean a sweet compartment on your handlebars, as in: "Dude, I've got this totally sweet compartment on my handlebars!" Or is it just a compartment for sweets?
Poor bugger's taken a hammering. I take it there's no serious buyers on here then. How much is it anyway..?
I don't get the compass at all. well designed apart from that, and has a sort of use, but I wouldn't buy. also, its specific to MTBs / flat barred bikes, what about road bikes?
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Sorry.
As others have said, I can't imagine I would ever have a need for such a thing as there are so many other ways to solve that problem. If you want suggestions though:
- Open up the ring end otherwise it would be a pain to use with bar ends
- Put your videos on YouTube rather than 'FlowPlayer' for SEO reasons
- Rewrite your website for the customer rather than for you. It takes too long to work out what it does
shocking website. took me an age to find out what it actually does. and when i did, it seemed rather pointless. been riding 15years and never felt the need for it. now ive seen it, i still dont.
thats why i wont be investing, im out!
I like that in the video the bike is leant against a blingly looking Rangey Sport, such is the confidence that the bike will not fall over and scratch the car.
But I would never bother using one. I was advised from an eary age to always lean a bike on a wall/car/tree/lamp post by resting the back wheel only on it: friction between wheel, ground and vertical surface acts as a brake of sorts and my bikes all have a back wheel already.
no point putting multitool kit on this gizmo if the bloody thing is already being used to keep the bike upright!
How about attaching a bucket and sponge and calling it bikeklean?
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damn, there goes my patent. 😯
ha ha ha ha ha
( That's all I have to say )
When I first read the thread title I thought it was going to be about some revolutionary new stabilisers for kid's bikes. All a bit of a let down really.
What it really needs is one of those things for getting stones out of horses feet
Lakeland have proven that people will buy useless tat by the bucketload!!
Perhaps you need to market this to them!?
I'm going to offer to take part in the focus group development for 1st class rail travel expenses & two nights 5* accomodation before & after the focus group. That'll be the first years profits gone for a focus group of one person.
It's a none happening problem IMHO, with cheaper solutions.
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Lakeland have proven that people will buy useless tat by the bucketload!!Perhaps you need to market this to them!?
Too niche for Lakeland, but might be worth a shot - I have a really stupid idea that I want to pitch to them!!
Talk to the people who sold millions of "power balance bands", they know how to sell useless crap to gullible people.
http://www.powerbalance.com/contacts
Who's kelean? Does he or she know they've been outed as bi on the internet?
"Ken and Brian have realised, nobody wants to stomp kittens. there is no market for their Kitten Stomper, whatsoever".
as many others have said, if this was a problem a free elastic band courtesy of your lazy littering local postie is the solution.
edit; would the 2 business centres mentioned be your house and your parents house?
I like the fact there must already be a user named bikelean on STW.....
A handrake for bikes good call.
Dont be silly, everyone knows that handbrakes are for canoes.
Its ashtrays for bikes!
I wanted this to be a slimming product like slimfast or jeycore lite..
Isn't this what livestrong bands were designed for? And they're easy to carry around with you 😉
If the bike in the video was a Ti framed fully rigid s/s 29er, leaning against a Skoda Octavia estate, lots of posters on here would be saying what a great product it was, & be falling over themselves to buy one.....
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A few things Gary;
Constructive critism on STW? - obviously not been on here much
The bike stil had reflectors on the wheels, that plasticy thing between the cassette and spokes, and what were you thinking about with the gear ratio it was in??
And that doesn't look like a trail centre car park either, thats a major flaw in your campaign. Just show it at Glentress with a bunch of [s]muppets[/s] kids about, jaw dropped in awe, and there X5 parents will be snapping them up.
Thanks me later
I'd think the market for this would be virtually non-existant, I'm afraid. The only people I could imagine buying it are non-cyclists who stumble across it and buy it as a stocking filler or something for the cyclist in their life, who would probably look at it blankly.
Also, I went to the website, and after clicking through 3 links I still don't know what it does really. I read the pitch but couldn't really visualise it, probably because I'm not really sure what the problem it's supposed to be solving actually is. Why not have a photo of it actually in use on the front page?
EDIT: I see what it does now, and sorry if it sounds harsh but this is the very definition of a solution in search of a problem.
Well done for taking an idea and actually doing something with it. But...
This isn't a sales technique. I'm just looking for advice from the cycling community
but you have a website, warehouse and distribution centre in Nottinghamshire and an Administration, Sales & Marketing office in Berkshire. Sounds very much like you are not lokking for advice but instead some freebie promotion from a well read forum
With the country’s cycling success in the 2008 Olympics, and also the recession, the country is now being driven into an even more bike 'GREEN TRAVEL' tax break scheme crazy world
What does that actually mean?
Bike Lean Ltd manufactures the handy device to prevent your bike falling over during repairs, whilst cleaning, and whilst at rest.
No it doesn't. It locks the brake to stop it rolling forward or back, it does not prevent it falling over.
I'm not even slightly worried about laying my bike down on the ground whilst I'm not using it! It is a mountain bike and it will not get damaged on the ground.
I wouldn't use it if it was a magazine freebe, let alone pay for one.
Yeah, but it does double as a helmet attachment point too.
💡 Oh, you could hang your helmet over the bars anyway, I guess.
It's quite an interesting idea, but as noted above, unfortunately solves a non-problem.
It looks nicely made and works well, from the video.
How about incorporating a wall bracket? some sort of hinged bracket for leaning your bike up outside when you're washing it?
I'd say an "Andy stand" comes closer to solving this non-problem. Your website, marketing tactics and frankly crap product suggest Student design project thats gotten out of hand to me.
Nice try but don't quit the day job just yet.
Bunch of suckers!
My guess is this is an A level project. Coursework deadlines will be the first day back after the Easter break and all A level Design students across the country are feverishly getting some evaluation into their portfolios. Feedback from "experts" or "potential consumers" is encouraged. For projects that have relatively minimal manufacturing skills demonstrated students are often encouraged to write a business plan or marketing/presentation material for the design - hence the website.
My take - nicely executed but bit of a fail I'm afraid. Task analysis has not really identified a real problem and the outcome adds little to the rider experience. If you had designed and made a small kit of parts that could be kept in a bag that applied the brakes and locked the steering so that a very light prop stand could hold the bike securely enough for "robust" cleaning or maintenance you might have produced a product with a purpose.
No, I don't want one either. Yes, ditch the compass, but as well as the tyre lever could you have a wheelnut spanner for fixie crowd, with bottle opener and emergency gear hanger too.
Don't know about the weight, but if it were suitably robust could you use it for installing Superstar Components bottom brackets?
Might be useful, if you store a bike in a house/flat. I used to store a bike in a flat in london. Pretty sure I knocked it over several times. Well there were black marks on the wall when I left.
This may have actually be useful then.
Well done everyone ,I think we have saved young Gary a shed load of cash.
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What about all the staff at the Warehouse and Distribution Centre in Nottinghamshire and the Administration, Sales & Marketing office in Berkshire though ?
Are they all going to get laid off now ?
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?PartnerID=79&ModelID=37909
Surely a more elegant solution?
do they do one with an extra "towel rail" bar and a 29" hole for the nichesters?
I have this problem when taking my bike on trains ... all that shuddering and leaning often leads to a couple of falls per trip.
However, I got around it because I use BB7 cable brakes ... and am able to 'dial' the pad right in to clamp the rotor without even touching the lever. Same principle though.
In a few minutes the Administration, Sales & Marketing office in Berkshire will be opening and all your comments will be scrutinised the the R&D and marketing departments. I'm pretty sure the marketing director will be posting soon to address some of your queries. Thank you for your patience.
Actually there may be a warehouse and sales and marketing office. The phone number on the site is the same one as for these people [url= http://www.equine-secure.com/ ][/url]
Although I'm not sure why a horse would want a heart shaped personal alarm...
Bikelean is rubbish though. A non problem solved by an elastic band.
Interesting. I wonder if the Bikelean would stop a horse falling over?
From equine-secure, I shouldn't think the driver will sleep when he's fitted with [url= http://www.equine-secure.com/apps/webstore/products/show/2126915 ]Driver Alert (Anti-Sleep Alarm)[/url], does it take batteries? 😆
HOT NEWS!!!!
Postie delivering post to the Administration, Sales & Marketing office in Berkshire has leant his bike against a HEDGE!!! Postie also does NOT appear to be using a Bikelean or any other form of anti fall technology - and he has LOTS of red postie bands to use!