bugly64
10-29-09, 06:51 PM
This is the ultimate accessory. I am sorry I didn't have any Obsidian Stout for the first use.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/bbrace/101_1115.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/bbrace/101_1115.jpg
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bugly64
10-29-09, 06:54 PM
forgot the action shot!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/bbrace/101_1117.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v353/bbrace/101_1117.jpg
I_bRAD
10-29-09, 07:17 PM
They have beer in cans too.
chipcom
10-29-09, 07:18 PM
They have beer in cans too.
be gone, cretin...they don't have GOOD beer in cans! :notamused:
be gone, cretin...they don't have GOOD beer in cans! :notamused:
I_bRAD
10-29-09, 07:19 PM
Well maybe not, but if you deserve the good beer you can crack it without a schmancy gizmo.
mikewille
10-29-09, 07:20 PM
It needs an anti-vibrational inertial-dampening beerholder to go with it.
That'd be good for on the riding mower too. The cupholder I have on there
can shake a beer into foam faster than i can.
That'd be good for on the riding mower too. The cupholder I have on there
can shake a beer into foam faster than i can.
hairnet
10-29-09, 07:20 PM
You know you can use old quill stems as bottle openers. A while ago I saw some video of the TDF where people , mid ride, would take out bottles from their food sacks and tap the caps on the stem bolt. Well I tried it and it works really well! I can't find the video though :(
That's badass, but I have too many bottle openers. My Chrome bag has one, my multi tool has one, my Pedro's Trixie has one, and my bike counts as one.
That's badass, but I have too many bottle openers. My Chrome bag has one, my multi tool has one, my Pedro's Trixie has one, and my bike counts as one.
chipcom
10-29-09, 07:20 PM
Well maybe not, but if you deserve the good beer you can crack it without a schmancy gizmo.
my gawd man, are you a communist! Why do you hate capitalism?
my gawd man, are you a communist! Why do you hate capitalism?
semperfi1970
10-29-09, 07:21 PM
Ooohhhh man I got to get one of thoes.
Big Pete
10-29-09, 07:21 PM
I live in FL and thats all I have to say about that =)
chipcom
10-29-09, 07:22 PM
You know you can use old quill stems as bottle openers. A while ago I saw some video of the TDF where people , mid ride, you go into their food sacks, pull out a bottle and tap the cap on the stem. Well I tried it and it works really well!
That's badass, but I have too many bottle openers. My Chrome bag has one, my multi tool has one, my Pedro's Trixie has one, and my bike counts as one.
In case you all didn't know it...if you ain't got an opener and can't crack it with you teeth like a manly man, SPD pedals have been known to open bottles.
That's badass, but I have too many bottle openers. My Chrome bag has one, my multi tool has one, my Pedro's Trixie has one, and my bike counts as one.
In case you all didn't know it...if you ain't got an opener and can't crack it with you teeth like a manly man, SPD pedals have been known to open bottles.
DX-MAN
10-29-09, 07:23 PM
Santa Cruz puts 'em on the derailleur hanger, and Salsa does it off the seatpost clamp. A lot more practical, IMO.
While Fat Tire comes in cans, it's about 3x better out of the bottle.
Personally, I prefer to keep my bike and beer separate -- they get jealous of each other.
While Fat Tire comes in cans, it's about 3x better out of the bottle.
Personally, I prefer to keep my bike and beer separate -- they get jealous of each other.
mikewille
10-29-09, 07:24 PM
My bike gets jealous if it sees me drink a beer and we're not riding.
barturtle
10-29-09, 07:32 PM
be gone, cretin...they don't have GOOD beer in cans! :notamused:
Going way off topic here:
Yes they do have good beer in cans: most of the Fuller's line is in cans now, Hobgobblin, Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Dales Pale Ale and Old Chub (as well as the rest of the Oskar Blues Line). Micro Canning is the hot new thing in microbrews.
http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/community/charlies-blog/show?title=52-small-craft-brewers-put-beer-in-a-can
Going way off topic here:
Yes they do have good beer in cans: most of the Fuller's line is in cans now, Hobgobblin, Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Dales Pale Ale and Old Chub (as well as the rest of the Oskar Blues Line). Micro Canning is the hot new thing in microbrews.
http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/community/charlies-blog/show?title=52-small-craft-brewers-put-beer-in-a-can
chipcom
10-29-09, 07:36 PM
Going way off topic here:
Yes they do have good beer in cans: most of the Fuller's line is in cans now, Hobgobblin, Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Dales Pale Ale and Old Chub (as well as the rest of the Oskar Blues Line). Micro Canning is the hot new thing in microbrews.
http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/community/charlies-blog/show?title=52-small-craft-brewers-put-beer-in-a-can
incorrect...once it gets put in a can, it is no longer good beer...even if it was good going in.
Plus drinking beer from cans is so....uncivilized. I'm afraid I'll faint dead away even contemplating such a horror. I hate you neanderthals...but not as much as I hate orcs.
Yes they do have good beer in cans: most of the Fuller's line is in cans now, Hobgobblin, Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Dales Pale Ale and Old Chub (as well as the rest of the Oskar Blues Line). Micro Canning is the hot new thing in microbrews.
http://www.brewersassociation.org/pages/community/charlies-blog/show?title=52-small-craft-brewers-put-beer-in-a-can
incorrect...once it gets put in a can, it is no longer good beer...even if it was good going in.
Plus drinking beer from cans is so....uncivilized. I'm afraid I'll faint dead away even contemplating such a horror. I hate you neanderthals...but not as much as I hate orcs.
fuzz2050
10-29-09, 07:41 PM
I have
Check out this bike (Rawlands, Olaf)
http://www.rawlandcycles.com/_uls/store_items/rawland_olaf_2.jpg
Check out this bike (Rawlands, Olaf)
http://www.rawlandcycles.com/_uls/store_items/rawland_olaf_2.jpg
iforgotmename
10-29-09, 07:49 PM
I'm down another $15....but I have a wisecracker on the way:beer:
barturtle
10-29-09, 07:53 PM
incorrect...once it gets put in a can, it is no longer good beer...even if it was good going in.
Plus drinking beer from cans is so....uncivilized. I'm afraid I'll faint dead away even contemplating such a horror. I hate you neanderthals...but not as much as I hate orcs.
Oh geez! You don't drink it from the can, just store it and ship it, much like a very very small keg (which is just a big ass can.) Drinking from bottles is just as bad as drinking from cans. Cans do a much better job of protecting the wonderful malty nectar than bottles do, as they completely block out light, which is the major cause of skunky beer.
Plus drinking beer from cans is so....uncivilized. I'm afraid I'll faint dead away even contemplating such a horror. I hate you neanderthals...but not as much as I hate orcs.
Oh geez! You don't drink it from the can, just store it and ship it, much like a very very small keg (which is just a big ass can.) Drinking from bottles is just as bad as drinking from cans. Cans do a much better job of protecting the wonderful malty nectar than bottles do, as they completely block out light, which is the major cause of skunky beer.
intheways
10-29-09, 07:58 PM
You deserve two beers for commuting in Great Falls:thumb:
chipcom
10-29-09, 07:58 PM
Oh geez! You don't drink it from the can, just store it and ship it, much like a very very small keg (which is just a big ass can.) Drinking from bottles is just as bad as drinking from cans. Cans do a much better job of protecting the wonderful malty nectar than bottles do, as they completely block out light, which is the major cause of skunky beer.
the fish, they be a biting tonight! lemme help you with that hook :lol:
the fish, they be a biting tonight! lemme help you with that hook :lol:
fuzz2050
10-29-09, 10:06 PM
Oh geez! You don't drink it from the can, just store it and ship it, much like a very very small keg (which is just a big ass can.) Drinking from bottles is just as bad as drinking from cans. Cans do a much better job of protecting the wonderful malty nectar than bottles do, as they completely block out light, which is the major cause of skunky beer.
The real problem with cans and beer in particular has nothing to do with the package itself. Both glass and metal are completely impervious to oxygen, the major cause of beer spoilage, and the amber glass used in beer bottles blocks 90 someodd percent of the damaging light.
Cans come out ahead in two regards, they don't shatter of you drop them, and they don't require an awesome bike accessory to open.
The one real disadvantage to cans though is cost. The equipment needed to package you product in an aluminium can is orders of magnitude more expensive than the bottling equipment. This has typically meant that only companies with more capital (Budweiser and the like) have been able to afford the canning operation, and more highly thought of microbreweries stick with bottles, cause they work just as well, but cost less. You can see how this dichotomy led to the perception that canned beers are somehow inferior to bottled beer, but it's simply correlation, not causation.
and anyway, drinking beer from either a bottle or a can is blasphemous, beer deserves it's own glass.
The real problem with cans and beer in particular has nothing to do with the package itself. Both glass and metal are completely impervious to oxygen, the major cause of beer spoilage, and the amber glass used in beer bottles blocks 90 someodd percent of the damaging light.
Cans come out ahead in two regards, they don't shatter of you drop them, and they don't require an awesome bike accessory to open.
The one real disadvantage to cans though is cost. The equipment needed to package you product in an aluminium can is orders of magnitude more expensive than the bottling equipment. This has typically meant that only companies with more capital (Budweiser and the like) have been able to afford the canning operation, and more highly thought of microbreweries stick with bottles, cause they work just as well, but cost less. You can see how this dichotomy led to the perception that canned beers are somehow inferior to bottled beer, but it's simply correlation, not causation.
and anyway, drinking beer from either a bottle or a can is blasphemous, beer deserves it's own glass.
LesterOfPuppets
10-29-09, 11:48 PM
I don't mind a boddingtons out of the can from time to time.
That gizmo in that orientation makes my knee hurt. I know it's not THAT likely if you've a long enough top tube, but it still scares me.
That gizmo in that orientation makes my knee hurt. I know it's not THAT likely if you've a long enough top tube, but it still scares me.
QuickityJacks
10-30-09, 12:07 AM
This is one of the most spectacular examples of thread derail I've ever seen.
barturtle
10-30-09, 12:34 AM
This is one of the most spectacular examples of thread derail I've ever seen.
Ah, come on! The post was about a bottle opener. Some discussion about the proper type of bottles is necessary (or more accurately, what those bottles contain)....followed of course by whether bottles (and hence the bottle opener) and even required (in this case, are there options available that would provide satisfactory performance that don't require such a device.)
My vote: not a necessity, but useful for maintaining optimum compatibility with locally sourced materials.:roflmao2:
Ah, come on! The post was about a bottle opener. Some discussion about the proper type of bottles is necessary (or more accurately, what those bottles contain)....followed of course by whether bottles (and hence the bottle opener) and even required (in this case, are there options available that would provide satisfactory performance that don't require such a device.)
My vote: not a necessity, but useful for maintaining optimum compatibility with locally sourced materials.:roflmao2:
Randochap
10-30-09, 12:40 AM
If I try to open a beer on my carbon fiber frame, will it explode? .... no, the frame not the beer.
QuickityJacks
10-30-09, 12:51 AM
Ah, come on! The post was about a bottle opener. Some discussion about the proper type of bottles is necessary (or more accurately, what those bottles contain)....followed of course by whether bottles (and hence the bottle opener) and even required (in this case, are there options available that would provide satisfactory performance that don't require such a device.)
My vote: not a necessity, but useful for maintaining optimum compatibility with locally sourced materials.:roflmao2:
Haha, I was being enthusiastic. Communication error on my end. It was quite a spectacle, watching the topic go from a totally sweet bottle opener on a bike to a serious faced microbrew chat. It stands to reason that people informed and fussy enough to hang out on a cycling forum would know a lot about a lot of different sorts of things. It was cool.
My vote: not a necessity, but useful for maintaining optimum compatibility with locally sourced materials.:roflmao2:
Haha, I was being enthusiastic. Communication error on my end. It was quite a spectacle, watching the topic go from a totally sweet bottle opener on a bike to a serious faced microbrew chat. It stands to reason that people informed and fussy enough to hang out on a cycling forum would know a lot about a lot of different sorts of things. It was cool.
I-Like-To-Bike
10-30-09, 05:33 AM
WAY TOO much extra weight!! And no portability. Sometimes a Real Beer Swilling Cyclist™ needs to open a bottle away from the bike.
Nothing but genuine, all natural, plastic opener and quick release holder for me.
Nothing but genuine, all natural, plastic opener and quick release holder for me.
ItsJustMe
10-30-09, 05:46 AM
Anyone who went to college doesn't need a proper opener to open a beer. Hell, I don't even drink, and I've had friends searching around for an opener, and said "Gimme that" and opened with whatever was at hand. Edge of a countertop, spoon, pocketknife, lighter, ballpoint pen, whatever.
If I had a whole bike at hand, there are a lot of edges that would be fine for opening a bottle with.
If I had a whole bike at hand, there are a lot of edges that would be fine for opening a bottle with.
Mr. Underbridge
10-30-09, 03:02 PM
Oh geez! You don't drink it from the can, just store it and ship it, much like a very very small keg (which is just a big ass can.) Drinking from bottles is just as bad as drinking from cans. Cans do a much better job of protecting the wonderful malty nectar than bottles do, as they completely block out light, which is the major cause of skunky beer.
If your beer in a bottle skunks, it means:
1) it tasted like crap to begin with (I'm lookin' at you, Heineken)
2) it didn't have enough hops, as hops is a natural anti-oxidxant (which is why the original IPAs had so much hops, to survive passage from England to India).
3) it was too old
If you're storing your beer in a place where it's exposed to sunlight, you already failed. See, your beer needs to be in a fridge or a cellar, not in your flowerbed.
Freaking savages.
If your beer in a bottle skunks, it means:
1) it tasted like crap to begin with (I'm lookin' at you, Heineken)
2) it didn't have enough hops, as hops is a natural anti-oxidxant (which is why the original IPAs had so much hops, to survive passage from England to India).
3) it was too old
If you're storing your beer in a place where it's exposed to sunlight, you already failed. See, your beer needs to be in a fridge or a cellar, not in your flowerbed.
Freaking savages.
noisebeam
10-30-09, 03:30 PM
Yes they do have good beer in cans: most of the Fuller's line is in cans now, Hobgobblin, Young's Double Chocolate Stout, Dales Pale Ale and Old Chub (as well as the rest of the Oskar Blues Line). Micro Canning is the hot new thing in microbrews.
add: ska Modus Hoperandi, Surly furious, bender and more, and locally in AZ: Four Peaks Kiltlifter
and as noted more the OB line, but especially: Ten Fidy and Gordon
add: ska Modus Hoperandi, Surly furious, bender and more, and locally in AZ: Four Peaks Kiltlifter
and as noted more the OB line, but especially: Ten Fidy and Gordon
Kojak
10-30-09, 03:33 PM
Draft beer is definitely best, but I'd weigh 350lbs. if I had my own tap at home.
Manny's Pale Ale, and a big a$$ bacon burger. MMmmmmmm mmmmm.
Manny's Pale Ale, and a big a$$ bacon burger. MMmmmmmm mmmmm.
whatsmyname
10-30-09, 04:40 PM
Anyone who went to college doesn't need a proper opener to open a beer.
I think I actally took an AP class in that...
I think I actally took an AP class in that...
Sluggo
10-30-09, 04:41 PM
Okay, throw this (http://members.ift.org/NR/rdonlyres/8850E61F-F8AF-4769-BAC9-8A6DAB3E22E5/0/0409pkg.pdf) into the mix. From an environmental perspective, we should be drinking from steel cans.
"Glass is the worst", he said, taking a sip from his Midas Touch bottle.
"Glass is the worst", he said, taking a sip from his Midas Touch bottle.
squirtdad
10-30-09, 04:41 PM
You deserve two beers for commuting in Great Falls:thumb:
valid point........
Does Great Falls have a Brew Pub? The last Great Falls beer that I remember was "Great Falls best" or similar name ..... I think that brewery closed down in the late 60's or very earlier 70's......
I had to survive on Olympia.....Montana where you drink beer bare handed at 20 below.
Grew up in Chinook.....140 miles NE of Gt Falls.
valid point........
Does Great Falls have a Brew Pub? The last Great Falls beer that I remember was "Great Falls best" or similar name ..... I think that brewery closed down in the late 60's or very earlier 70's......
I had to survive on Olympia.....Montana where you drink beer bare handed at 20 below.
Grew up in Chinook.....140 miles NE of Gt Falls.
drjava
10-30-09, 04:53 PM
Obligatory keg bike:
Keg Bike (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/only-in-portland-beer-keg-carrying-party-bike/)
Keg Bike (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/only-in-portland-beer-keg-carrying-party-bike/)
The Human Car
10-30-09, 05:02 PM
http://vimeo.com/1965120?pg=embed&sec=1965120
Kojak
10-30-09, 05:06 PM
Obligatory keg bike:
Keg Bike (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/only-in-portland-beer-keg-carrying-party-bike/)
That bike was built by our good friends at Metrofiets. I want one of their bikes really bad, for grocery shopping and taking the boy for joy rides. One of these days...............
Keg Bike (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/only-in-portland-beer-keg-carrying-party-bike/)
That bike was built by our good friends at Metrofiets. I want one of their bikes really bad, for grocery shopping and taking the boy for joy rides. One of these days...............
Sluggo
10-30-09, 05:09 PM
Obligatory keg bike:
Keg Bike (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/only-in-portland-beer-keg-carrying-party-bike/)
http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/graphics/beer%20bike%20amsterdam.jpg
group beer bike (http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/705-amsterdam-beer-bike)
Keg Bike (http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/10/only-in-portland-beer-keg-carrying-party-bike/)
http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/graphics/beer%20bike%20amsterdam.jpg
group beer bike (http://www.dutchamsterdam.nl/705-amsterdam-beer-bike)
MNBikeguy
10-30-09, 08:27 PM
If you ladies did any touring, you'd open your beerse with a hyper-cracker. :D
http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-029/sheldonbrown.com/harris/stein-mini-lock/images/stein-mini-lock1.jpg
http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-029/sheldonbrown.com/harris/stein-mini-lock/images/stein-mini-lock1.jpg
Dirt Farmer
10-30-09, 08:34 PM
This is the ultimate accessory. I am sorry I didn't have any Obsidian Stout for the first use.
I really don't have anything to add here; but your reference, sir, to Obsidian Stout proves you're a true gentleman and scholar!
I really don't have anything to add here; but your reference, sir, to Obsidian Stout proves you're a true gentleman and scholar!
Sirrus Rider
10-31-09, 08:55 PM
be gone, cretin...they don't have GOOD beer in cans! :notamused:
Guinness comes in cans.. :D
Guinness comes in cans.. :D
coldfeet
10-31-09, 09:05 PM
I live in FL and thats all I have to say about that =)The ultimate beach accessory!
Okay, throw this (http://members.ift.org/NR/rdonlyres/8850E61F-F8AF-4769-BAC9-8A6DAB3E22E5/0/0409pkg.pdf) into the mix. From an environmental perspective, we should be drinking from steel cans.
"Glass is the worst", he said, taking a sip from his Midas Touch bottle.The bottles they used were non-returnables, why?
Guinness comes in cans.. :DI thought we were talking about beer?
Okay, throw this (http://members.ift.org/NR/rdonlyres/8850E61F-F8AF-4769-BAC9-8A6DAB3E22E5/0/0409pkg.pdf) into the mix. From an environmental perspective, we should be drinking from steel cans.
"Glass is the worst", he said, taking a sip from his Midas Touch bottle.The bottles they used were non-returnables, why?
Guinness comes in cans.. :DI thought we were talking about beer?
freako
10-31-09, 11:06 PM
Well maybe not, but if you deserve the good beer you can crack it without a schmancy gizmo.
Who needs that schmancy fancy gizmo when you can buy a bottle opener and put it in your seat bag if your that desperate for a drink while riding. In fact my multi tool comes with one...though I've never use it. You know you can still get a DUI even on a bike, and it's the same points, jail time, lawyer fees, insurance rates skyrocketing and fines etc. as in a car. Then your going to put a bottle opener in plain sight for any cop to see just to give them an excuse to check you out.
Any other dumb ass people out there with bright ideas?
Who needs that schmancy fancy gizmo when you can buy a bottle opener and put it in your seat bag if your that desperate for a drink while riding. In fact my multi tool comes with one...though I've never use it. You know you can still get a DUI even on a bike, and it's the same points, jail time, lawyer fees, insurance rates skyrocketing and fines etc. as in a car. Then your going to put a bottle opener in plain sight for any cop to see just to give them an excuse to check you out.
Any other dumb ass people out there with bright ideas?
mikewille
10-31-09, 11:30 PM
bike helmet with can holders and siphon tubes?
noisebeam
11-01-09, 06:31 AM
I thought we were talking about beer?
It's not bad. A decent choice for some flavor without the heaviness and strength, like with lunch. The best part about it is it is so readily available and is often the only drinkable choice among buds, millers, etc. Especially in airports.
It's not bad. A decent choice for some flavor without the heaviness and strength, like with lunch. The best part about it is it is so readily available and is often the only drinkable choice among buds, millers, etc. Especially in airports.
MilitantPotato
11-01-09, 12:12 PM
My Rodriguez has a stainless steel one welded too the seat stay. Too classy for a bum like myself, but it comes in handy.
Hot Potato
11-01-09, 02:21 PM
http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=123429&d=1256865653
I bought a pair of these! I slipped them on, spied the cooler full of beer across the lawn, and began my stroll over to snag a cold one. I was a bit too focused on my upcoming frosty, cold libation, however. For within just a few feet of the object of my desire, I felt the dreaded squish under my most awesome new sandle that could only mean one thing.... yes.... a fresh steamy pile deposited by man's best friend. I never did get to try out those nifty sandles-bottle openers.
I bought a pair of these! I slipped them on, spied the cooler full of beer across the lawn, and began my stroll over to snag a cold one. I was a bit too focused on my upcoming frosty, cold libation, however. For within just a few feet of the object of my desire, I felt the dreaded squish under my most awesome new sandle that could only mean one thing.... yes.... a fresh steamy pile deposited by man's best friend. I never did get to try out those nifty sandles-bottle openers.
whatsmyname
11-01-09, 03:11 PM
From an environmental perspective, we should be drinking from steel cans. "Glass is the worst", he said, taking a sip from his Midas Touch bottle.
From an environmental perspective, we should have a standard size of glass beer and plastic soft drinks bottle than can be used 80 times before being recycled, as exists in Germany and Denmark iirc. Of course, that "standard size" would probably get described as "socialist size" here...
From an environmental perspective, we should have a standard size of glass beer and plastic soft drinks bottle than can be used 80 times before being recycled, as exists in Germany and Denmark iirc. Of course, that "standard size" would probably get described as "socialist size" here...