Your cue sheet/map holders
02-18-08, 01:08 PM
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I found this on the Oklahoma Bicycle Society website. It is larger than I need, so I adapted it using a snack (1/2 the size of sandwich) size baggie and ignored the gluing step. Works great. Cheep. No metal parts and nothing to break or scratch my bike. The plastic canvas gives enough support to any map/cue sheet. Very light. Works well. After picking up the supplies, I made it in less than ten minutes.
https://www.oklahomabicyclesociety.co.../mapholder.htm
https://www.oklahomabicyclesociety.co.../mapholder.htm
02-18-08, 02:54 PM
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Some of these seem a bit complicated. I zip tie 2 binder clips to the bars (one on each side of the stem) and put the Q sheet inside a quart size ziplock which gets clipped in the binder clips. Simple, easy, and almost free.
02-18-08, 09:01 PM
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Yeah, some of it probably is more complicated than it needs to be, but there are those of us who don't really care for bodges like zip ties and baggies. Us anal retentive types like things to be just so!
02-28-08, 10:36 PM
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Not mine, but if you go to bentrideronline, someone has done this very cheaply with twofish blocks.
In 06 I used the Cycoactive thing on my aerobars, for 07 I was playing around with something very similar to what you describe in a box like arrangement. I made it tiny - too tiny in fact. I've also used my Ortlieb bar bag with the great map case...
Here's a prototype I'm hoping to have some parts made for: (this dates from awhile ago, sent to some machine nerd friends... if I have time I'll make one for 08) (pardon the modeling, I have a clean version somewhere...)
going low tech, paper style. I've searched the web and the best I can do is map cases (already use one and have issues) and the bulky (heavy!) motorcycle roadbook holder.
So, I've been playing around with some sample cases and its just not working out... it would all be a hack job and not really work.
This is what I've come up with:
Acrylic tube 3" OD about 5.5" long.
Aluminum end caps with a gasket of some sort to keep out the weather.
Interior acrylic tube 2.5" OD (half a tube, used as a base for pulling the paper cue over).
2 interior aluminum rods to hold / wind the paper. (turned down on the ends, maybe to slide into nylon bushings)
Aluminum base inside to hold the ends together and serve as an LED mount. (this would be bolted to the interior end caps)
Room for a battery and LED for lighting this up at night (from within, using a red LED so as to not wipe out my night vision).
End cap oppositte knobs spins off on a threaded stud for easy no tools access / adjustment. (need gasket to keep out water)
End cap with knobs is fastened to interior aluminum base (both sides) to hold the inner works together.
4.25" (most cues are set up to print 4 per 'letter' sheet) paper rolls on one end, then over the interior tube and onto the other roll. I'll need some sort of drive belt between the 2 rods to sync both rollers, so I can go forward and back without screwing up the roll. (and work the thing from either knob)
I'm working out the mounting details next. I'll mount it centered on my bars, just in front of the stem. Probably some sort of bolt patter through the outer tube at the base. You simply loosen the aluminum end a bit to adjust the angle.
I also need to work out the paper clip attachment thing. I'm thinking some tape will work just fine... but was also considering a spring clip of some sort.
Mount from below, on something that will float just in front of the bar tops. I'll need something here too - but might be able to adapt something to a h-bar bag mount.
So, that was last year... I've rethought the whole thing and am hoping to make it from off the shelf parts. I have some of them on hand somewhere... as spring gets closer I'll see if it is worth it.
Here's a prototype I'm hoping to have some parts made for: (this dates from awhile ago, sent to some machine nerd friends... if I have time I'll make one for 08) (pardon the modeling, I have a clean version somewhere...)
going low tech, paper style. I've searched the web and the best I can do is map cases (already use one and have issues) and the bulky (heavy!) motorcycle roadbook holder.
So, I've been playing around with some sample cases and its just not working out... it would all be a hack job and not really work.
This is what I've come up with:
Acrylic tube 3" OD about 5.5" long.
Aluminum end caps with a gasket of some sort to keep out the weather.
Interior acrylic tube 2.5" OD (half a tube, used as a base for pulling the paper cue over).
2 interior aluminum rods to hold / wind the paper. (turned down on the ends, maybe to slide into nylon bushings)
Aluminum base inside to hold the ends together and serve as an LED mount. (this would be bolted to the interior end caps)
Room for a battery and LED for lighting this up at night (from within, using a red LED so as to not wipe out my night vision).
End cap oppositte knobs spins off on a threaded stud for easy no tools access / adjustment. (need gasket to keep out water)
End cap with knobs is fastened to interior aluminum base (both sides) to hold the inner works together.
4.25" (most cues are set up to print 4 per 'letter' sheet) paper rolls on one end, then over the interior tube and onto the other roll. I'll need some sort of drive belt between the 2 rods to sync both rollers, so I can go forward and back without screwing up the roll. (and work the thing from either knob)
I'm working out the mounting details next. I'll mount it centered on my bars, just in front of the stem. Probably some sort of bolt patter through the outer tube at the base. You simply loosen the aluminum end a bit to adjust the angle.
I also need to work out the paper clip attachment thing. I'm thinking some tape will work just fine... but was also considering a spring clip of some sort.
Mount from below, on something that will float just in front of the bar tops. I'll need something here too - but might be able to adapt something to a h-bar bag mount.
So, that was last year... I've rethought the whole thing and am hoping to make it from off the shelf parts. I have some of them on hand somewhere... as spring gets closer I'll see if it is worth it.
02-29-08, 12:13 AM
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I did this for my ride last weekend, except instead of a ziploc bag, I used a photo laminate sheet and just photocopy reduced my cue sheet to fit in it. Worked great. Thanx for the idea.
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I used some insulated electrical wire to tie the binder clips to my handlebars for yesterdays century. It worked pretty well and I don't have to keep buying zip ties.
03-03-08, 10:16 AM
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I used the extra small binder clips and zip-tied them on last weekend, and I haven't taken them off. They're not in the way of anything and don't add significant weight to the bike, so unless I get really picky about aesthetics, they're staying put.
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You take the binder/cue clips off after each ride?
I used the extra small binder clips and zip-tied them on last weekend, and I haven't taken them off. They're not in the way of anything and don't add significant weight to the bike, so unless I get really picky about aesthetics, they're staying put.
I used the extra small binder clips and zip-tied them on last weekend, and I haven't taken them off. They're not in the way of anything and don't add significant weight to the bike, so unless I get really picky about aesthetics, they're staying put.
