Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - who made your top tube pad?

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dijos
05-26-07, 10:34 AM
Do you like it? I'm looking at getting one to prevent scratches.


Fantomas
05-26-07, 10:53 AM
I have a reload one but it doesn't fit my current frame so....NA I guess.

Nekura
05-26-07, 11:00 AM
DIY. It's dirty and ugly but it works.


johnprolly
05-27-07, 12:21 PM
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/196/506950128_50a8ce34fb.jpg

ShopGentei (http://www.shopgentei.com/web/article/84/protect-ya-neck). Oliver made them under the pen name "Sly & Robby" - a brand he started while living in JP. I like the punk pad and the circle jerks pad as well [to go with your group sex vans shoes]

$25 shipped if I remember correctly.

The only thing I dislike about frame pads is that they always get bunched up when I skid. Sometimes when I hocky skid, I use the inside of my leg on the TT and it becomes a constant game of re-adjusting the pad.

I really like the woodgrain saddle and polka-dot frame pad. Makes it look like some extinct bird....

JohnnyDoyle
05-27-07, 12:23 PM
Vinyl tape with a bit of thin styrofoam padding beneath it. If you're careful, it can look quite nice.

FACE MEAT
05-27-07, 12:41 PM
I'm considering trying some cloth gaffer's tape...maybe I'll get all Martha Stewart on it and weave two colors together or something.

Uline rocks...
http://www.uline.com/images/copy/CI_.3110.gif

babychris
05-27-07, 01:36 PM
reload.

blickblocks
05-27-07, 01:41 PM
Seagull Bags...but I still haven't recieved it. :(

kludge
05-27-07, 01:53 PM
jesus built my top........


i meant hotrod, really!

speaking of top tube pads....sure the fixed gear kids have used them to death but i think they work for almost all bikes if you live in a city where you lock up to crap all the time....they are also great for when you live in a house with stairs

babychris
05-27-07, 02:24 PM
I had a sweet one on my old bmx bike when I used to race.

blickblocks
05-27-07, 02:41 PM
speaking of top tube pads....sure the fixed gear kids have used them to death but i think they work for almost all bikes if you live in a city where you lock up to crap all the time....they are also great for when you live in a house with stairs

Yeah man, I took my road bike out last night and I'm pissed it got all scuffed up when I locked it up. I might put a TTP on it too. Totally non-OCP, but whateves. Utility > Fashion

iamarapgod
05-27-07, 04:10 PM
johnprolly i got that same saddle. i couldn't pass it up for $5

bottom-bracket
05-27-07, 04:23 PM
old inertube wrapped in hockey tape. it works and it's low profile and can't move

-=(8)=-
05-27-07, 04:45 PM
Foam pipe insulation with cool print fabric from an old shirt or something on on top.....

ronin2046
05-27-07, 10:14 PM
Under the Weather...

Highly recommend...

Gyeswho
05-27-07, 10:44 PM
I DID!!!! {Macho Voice**
45858

45859

hankpiece
05-28-07, 12:10 AM
Had a whole bunch of cork tape leftover after wrapping my tiny little handlebars.