Folding Bikes - Keeping your downtube closed

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whninrome81
05-20-09, 04:54 AM
Yet another downtuby question for you all...has anyone come up with a clever way of keeping the downtube closed beside bungees? I read a few posts about velcro, but wasn't sure it worked. Has anyone tried retrofitting some magnets (i.e. like the dahon system) or anything of the like?
JugglerDave
05-20-09, 05:49 AM
I've been using two strips of Velcro one-wrap for the past 2 years. Not very clever, but it works. One for the front fork to the rear triangle, the other for the handlebars (taken off the stem) to the rack. I also wrap my velcro ankle-straps around the stem to keep it from flopping around. The main disadvantage is that I often get my knuckles dirty putting on / taking off the one on the rear triangle.
JCFlack
05-20-09, 08:20 AM
My Citizen Tokyo came with a velcro strap that works great. Took me a few tries to find the perfect places to wrap it closed, but now it's second nature.
I bought an adjustable nylon strap at Wallmart camping section ( $ 1.88 ) its 6ft long with plastic clips on the ends. Cut it to size and run it through the wheels on our mini's. I make sure not to tighten it to tight. Works great, snap it around the stem when not using it.
I use an old helmet strap.
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