jankon73

Afternoon, all!

Sometime ago, I saw a photo of a bike with an unusual, but very cool head badge. It was a handy-dandy bottle opener, made to fit the bike exactly. It was NOT a run-'o-the mill bottle opener that was welded, bent, hammered, drilled, etc to fit.

Anyone know where to pick one up, if they exist at all?

Thanks!

-J

onetwentyeight 

was it this? https://www.coastouttabrooklyn.com/bottle.html

shawnrock@gmail

https://www.staff-bmx.com/store/stems/fbm-btlnek_n.html

powers2b

Other than looks and extra weight what's the point?
My SPD's are perfect for opening beer bottles.

Enjoy

marcelinyc

i open 1 bottle with another. The problem is to open the last one.

SpiderMike

Went to wally world the other night to get a cheapo wallet. They had a velcro wallet with a bottle opener that snaps to the outside.

Anyways I second the SPDs.

redcurrycelt

Hmm, wonder if eggbeaters'd work..

travsi

what happened to just using a lighter? ...or better
yet, just break off the neck against your top tube.

jankon73

Thanks for the pictures and links! I can't find the original picture for the life of me, but I got some cool ideas. This little addition is purely for cool points, btw. Also, I find the spd cleat idea intriguing, I'll have to try it out!

Thanks again!

-J

visitordesign

you guys don't just put the lip of the cap on something flat and solidly anchored (window sil, door jam, anything) and smack down on the cap with the heel of one hand while holding the bottle with the other?

PhattTyre

Semi-horizontal dropouts (like on most conversions) and trackends can do the trick too, assuming the axle isn't right to the end. My personal favorite is a sturdy ring (on your finger, not the bike), but it has to be a tough material.

baxtefer

that's what my engineering pinkie ring is for.

PhattTyre

what's it made out of? I'd like to see a pic.

sivat

You're a lot less likely to break stuff if you press down on the cap and use the bottle as a lever. Me, i just use my teeth.

baxtefer

stainless steel



(not my finger)

Brad M

jethro tule

ka12na

Adamantium.

hyperRevue

I got a jethro tool.
Have never used it.

mascher

Not that bridge that fell down and all the engineer vowed that they would never let that happen again and made rings to this day from...

Yeah, probably not, but I like the story. Makes me want to be an engineer.

baxtefer

yup, that's the story
apparently they ran out of bridge....

cabbagerwsb

a cone wrench is my personal favorite. a few months ago i built my friend bike with bottle opener rear track ends and they have come in handy a few times too.

MasterHalco

Alexi taught me to use my teeth.

B10Cycle

I did that one night and it worked pretty well until the 6th or 7th beer and my coordination began to fail. I was opening one in this manner and the top of the bottle ripped clean off and there was foam and lost beer everywhere.

Lesson: Don't be silly and waste beer.

bikemoner2k

ive been told that David Wilson Industries (DWI) of seattle has a bottle opener headbadge on his customs.

I looked on the gallery page of his website and didn't see any evidence of one, so maybe it's bull****.

Try emailin him https://davidwilsonindustries.com/

ChicagoxBoston

this is the worst post ever. what does a bottle opener have to do with a bike? Worst bike mod ever=bottle opener. LAME.