Top tube pad
 

aWhy do single speed riders often put a ******y looking pad around the top tube?

no dents.

no scratches.

fashion

no fashion.

I used old black bar tape on a black frame. No dents or chipped paint and I never had to worry about a top tube pad getting stolen. edit: protects from dust accumulation

anti-sacking device/carrying cushion/roadside seat padding/2.5 foot long hotdog cozy/shiznaz sized dick cozy/etc....

I never have to worry about mine getting stolen because it is completely gross. it turned into a top tube pad/ grease rag.

Your pad looks like a bloody mess. I was going to make a reference to female hygene, but I have too much class for that sort of nonsense.

guess who wont be making you a top tube pad:D :p

edit, well, I ain afraid of nuthin, but no pics or fittings, just send in the measurements

your comments are useless without pics.

Oh, so you have the Kashimax then?:D

http://www.domenicscycling.com/images/kashimax.bmp

haha, there might in fact be blood on there somewhere. who knows...

I used tape to black out the decal on my frame, but taping up a frame to preserve the paint reminds me of those plastic sofa cushion covers.

I guess the bar tape keeps the dust off the top tube... One more positive thing about that to add to the list.

Just when I think the interweb can't get any dumber, it goes and do something like this...

...and TOTALLY REDEEMS ITSELF!

I'll concede this round... Capital play old fiend.

I got mine because it's very nice for carrying purposes, and I have sensitive shoulders.

Oh, and it looks *****in'.

Protection and padding for knee-in-frame stuff (well that's more fixed than SS).

And if you don't want them to get stolen, use a hose clamp or two.

i can't imagine dust having time to accumulate?

i really wish i had of bought one when i first bought my bike. now theres a strip of paint along the left side that has been scratched off by locking up to ring posts.

Because putting it around the downtube would just be silly.

OMG

Then why not go one up and put the padding around all the frame's tubing? Or at least the triangle's tubing?

what? you haven't seen that guy's bike yet?

Also to hide the dents that are there.