replacement kryptonite ny chain covers
 

mine finally gave up the ghost. i need a new one. i remember there were some reflective ones made by a company that folks here were clowning. anyone got that link? know of any others?

www.chicagowig.com

look for the cityskin.

edit: damn too slow.....

cheers

ahh man, you should make your own! just think of all the fun things you could do...

I have one . . . and I'm unimpressed. If it hadn't been a gift, I would have tossed it or returned it long ago I think.

I got one around xmas time from a considerate friend as my chain cover had all but exploded at that point. Less than a week later the key fob loop tore off. This wasn't a big deal, as I never used the loop anyway (why I'd want to clip my keys there instead of my bag or the chain itself, I didn't get, but it was a nice "feature" while it lasted). From the start the skin was too short for my chain, it's only about 28 inches, leaving a good foot of chain exposed to ding my bike every time I thread it through the rear wheel.

After about 3 months of what I would consider moderate use (I don't use my chain everyday, it just depends on whether I'm going into work or not, and really what I feel like), it looks like a five year old dog chew. It's still functional in the sense that, despite the holes, it covers a good section of my chain and the three reflector patches seem to still work. Overall, however, the quality control was poor, the craftsmanship was poor, and the materials were poor. It just doesn't seem like they were built to last, or even built to stand up to daily use, despite what thier urban-hip-messenger styled website claims.


For $20 you'd be hard pressed not to be able to make something stronger and better, and still have enough money left over for a 6 pack.

My cover died about three years ago and I was unsuccessful getting a new one from Krypto :(

hmm. thanks luckycharms. i don't wanna pay $20 anyway. don't think it's worth that.

amadeo i don't have a sewing machine.

Use an old tube. Throw some reflective tape on their if you want.

just wrap a ****ing bed sheet around it!

i have one that my sister made for me for christmas. i also have a chigacowig sitting in my closet unused.

you can definitly make one to your specifications really simply. just get some truck tarp (or even endura if you wanna spring for the pricey stuff) and sew a nice seam in it. voila. then you can go crazy with the customizations. my handmade one a la my sister includes a loop of fabric to attach it to my shoulder strap with a carabiner (for when i'm riding hard so it doesn't slip down my shoulder), three reflective strips, and "death in life" embroidered along the side.

I got mine 4 months ago. It gets used everyday. there are the little holes in it from when i drop it onto the ground, but i figured anything would have that happen to it if i was wrapping that chain with it. And mine covers all but 3 1/2 links which works perfectly for wraping it around my waist, since the 3rd link is what I use to lock though. the krypto cover that disintegrated on me was far inferior to this thing. I could make one just as easily, but i try to think of what I make in an hour of work and then think how long it is going to take me to go out and buy the material and then sew it together. It was worth it for me to just buy one.

this is how i rationalize drop off laundry service.

eb, you could just cut and set up your fabric and then take it to a tailor to run a seam through it. prolly charge you a couple bucks...(or give it to me and i can have my friend sew it)

i've been looking for something too. My cover looks worse than a UN outpost in Lebanon. I don't care about dinging my bike though. I find that the chain makes little holes in my shirts when I wear it around my waste without a cover. I thought of using an old tube, but it seems like a more breathable/flexible cloth is more practical.

If I figure out some alternative to a wig/make your own, I'll post back.

it really is not the sewing part that will take long, but the action of going to the store to buy the fabric. and it is not like any old t-shirt will work. the canvas type material they use now is pretty thick and it gets little holes from wear, I'd imaging you would need to use something semi-durable. So it isn't the cost of the actual making but the time it would take for me to actually go to the store.....

i don't care about dingage either. know what i care about? the annoying little squeak from the chain. i never noticed it when the chain was covered. now i do.

yeah good call about getting a tailor to just sew shut the piece of fabric that i precut. always thinking!!!

MTB inner tube.

m.

acid washed denim!

That better be a womans ass.

ramblinworker.com makes some. here are photos of a nunchucka set.

Anybody ever try 2" tubular webbing? I haven't been able to get my hands on any, but if it fits, $.60 a foot at REI and we're done.

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-used to have a bunch of homemade ones that they were selling for this poor fellow who had lost his job but could sew. i think there might only be like some off green and pink or purple ones left in the back room. they seemed nice though with some reflective fabric strip on them as well. I think. Call them up though to be sure to save yourself the ride.

you have doubts?

insider tip:::) its called tubular nylon webbing or something like that- some climbing places carry it by the foot diff diameters and in colors and is very $ effecient- cut to lengthe and take a lighter to the ends so the threads melt.

[takes off bike helmet, puts on climbing helmet]

This is what I suggested above. The problem is that most climbing shops never carried tubular webbing bigger than 2", and the stock krypto stuff is more like 2.5 and not woven as thick as climbing/mil spec tubular, though it also fits kind of loose. 2" is getting hard to get your hands on anyway since nobody really uses it anymore. It used to be used for waist belts in the days before modern harnesses, but now it's kind of a random item to have. REI has it on their web site and sometimes in the shops, but I haven't been near an REI in months and I don't want to pay $6 shipping for $2 worth of something that may have no use beyond being the world's shortest and strongest dog leash. So yeah, if I ever get some, I will figure out if you can stuff the NY chain into it or not.

Chicago peeps, let me save you the trouble: if you call Erehwon (or however you spell that crappy place's name) and ask if they have 2" tubular, NOT SEATBELT BUT ACTUAL TUBULAR LIKE IT'S HOLLOW IF YOU PINCH IT FROM THE SIDES AND IT HAS A CONTRASTING COLOR THREAD RUNNING DOWN THE MIDDLE AND NOT A WEIRD PATTERN LIKE A SEATBELT, CAN YOU LOOK AT THE TAG ON THE SPOOL PLEASE, and then you ride like 10 miles up there from the south side in crap weather and ask where the 2" tubular is, they will show you a roll the size of a friggin keg of SEATBELT WEBBING, and then sheepishly admit that they didn't know WTF they were talking about. They will then call moosejaw up the road to ask if they have it. They don't, and they can't order it. That day ruled.

I just made a slip-cover for the chain in my chain-and-padlock combo bike lock. The chain is 6' (maybe a little much, I know, but better safe than sorry), and the cover is maybe 4'. I cut it into 2 pieces, with some chain showing in the middle, so I can wrap one end of chain around the front tire and the other end around the back tire and frame, and lock them to the middle of the chain with one padlock.

The fabric was 33 cents, but making it took a few hours. Send me a message if you want instructions.

per suggestion, i just bought some 2" webbing from an REI store this past weekend. threaded 3 of my 3' Chains in about 5 minutes a piece while watching tv. The fit is a little tight (chain doesn't just slide through, like your original krypto cover), but it definitely fits. melted the ends nicely over the stove.