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Anyway, back to the point. Are you sure it was the tools rattling?
You know what, I think you might be onto something there. Maybe it wasn’t the tools rattling.
I remember a story about a guy who thought it was his saddle bag tools rattling, but it turned out after numerous stops to rearrange the tools, it was actually the ice in his bottle that was creating the noise!
Maybe..... nah, what are the chances 😂👍
Rattly tools == too big a saddle bag!
I need to stand on my bag to get the zip closed and, literally, it's jammed full. Not a chance that it could rattle.
Used to use tool bidons (word used on purpose to annoy people), but found that they always rattled with anything more solid than a jacket in them. Also, I like to drink so nearly always have two bottles on the bike, so this relegated the tool bottle to the cupboard on most rides anyway.
I use the middle-sized one of these and it's really good:
https://www.pro-bikegear.com/global/en-gb/accessories/Saddle_Bags/PRO_BA_SADDLEBAGSTRAP
...particularly because it doesn't require anything permanent on the bike so it's easily moved between.
Won't someone think of the ice ?
I chucked the word bidon in knowing to would get a reaction to see if anyone actually reads posts on threads. I should have thrown some ice in too.
This thread is brilliant 👍
trouble is when it cools down the zipper on your wind jacket might start talking to the tools and get into an ice cube techno funk "put your hands up" groove that may amuse when you finally realise what it is
Last time I had this it was the ice cubes in my water bidet rattling! Couldn't quite belive it.
I'd have thought the solution is obvious: put your tools in your seat bag, fill it with water, pop it in the freezer the night before the ride, and voila*, no rattling.
* originally "hey presto" but I felt that wasn't going to annoy anyone
WE HAVE A WINNER
unless my irony meter is shot to bits
I'd have hoped people would have spotted it through my use of 'drivechain' which on a personal level boils my piss.
It was the ice all along. Who'd have known, why didn't he say in the first post!!
Myself part fills my bidon the night before and then lies it in the freezer sideways so it has a single non-rattly ice cube in it.
ice cubes in my water bidet
Do you eat a lot of curry, then?
I’d have hoped people would have spotted it through my use of ‘drivechain’ which on a personal level boils my piss.
But on a personal level it doesn't boil mine, so your hopes were misplaced 😉
I've been supporting England for the last 4 weeks. Tell me about misplaced hopes....
it was actually the ice in his bottle that was creating the noise!
Err... I’ll think you’ll find it was la glace in his bidon making the noise 🙄
I wonder how long it took the crash investigators to figure out it was the iceberg that did the Titanic in?
I wonder how long it took the crash investigators to figure out it was the iceberg that did the Titanic in?
If some of the comments on this thread are a guide then about the time it took for James Cameron to make a film about it.
Well thanks, another film that I can't watch now. You could have added a SPOILER ALERT.
"Don't draw me like one of your French girls, it's pretentious."
I’d have thought the solution is obvious: put your tools in your seat bag, fill it with water, pop it in the freezer the night before the ride, and voila*, no rattling.
I remember reading a thread (not on here) where someone had wanted to type "voila", but had actually spelt it "whalla". Amazing.
Anyone ever had dry earwax rattle in their ears. Could have been that?
Pardon?
So, what is the Posterior European man satchel of choice?
Sac Vagin?
https://metro.co.uk/2017/04/18/8-ways-smugglers-get-contraband-items-into-prisons-6579752/
Number 3? Ice Cubes before and after
We haven’t left Europe yet,
And - even allowing for continental drift - we won't be doing so, anytime soon.
(Not even by the next ice age 😉 )
Excellent, we've moved on from the reactionary Vocabulary Luddites to the zealous Synonym Deniers. Bring it on 🙂