DIY Beer Opener Modification
 

My beer opener doubles as a fixed gear bicycle. :beer: And no, its not one of those Surly chain tensioners w/ the bottle opener, nor is it the laser cut dropouts with the beer opener, it's not even a 'wisecracker' stem or seatpost-clamp beer opener, this one is 100% homemade.

The pics are crap-tastic (sorry) but the idea is simple-

Go to grocery store and buy a 2 pack of cheap bottle openers.

Hit the hardware store and pick up a couple bolts that mach the threads of the seat clamp bolts but are just a little bit longer.

While your shopping for hardware pick up a couple washers and nylon lock nuts too.

Grind the "pointy end" of the opener down so you don't hurt yourself.

Drill a couple holes in the opener that line up with the newly-extended seat clamp bolts.

Add the opener, some washers, and lock nuts on top.

Barely noticeable once installed but it cranks the awesome knob all the way to 11.

Cost- $1 for a 2-pack of openers, (2) $0.89 bolts, (2) $0.14 washers, (2) $0.22 lock nuts.
Total- $3.50

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:beer:Cheers! :beer:

pretty cool

great idea, I will have one soon... well i will need a better seat post frist.

that's awesome! haha I'm about to buy a villin with a bottle opener dropout, but I think I like that more.

holy ****. that's great. all over it.

or, you could get one of these for five bucks at a restaurant supply store, they fit a waterbottle mount with no drilling required:

http://www.instawares.com/products/0/04-0356.jpg

sick! one up for home made bottle openers!

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How do you fit the beer bottle in there to pop the lid though? Not a whole lot of space to be swingin' a bottle around the downtube/ seat tube/ chain ring.

I'd spill beer (party foul) all over the place with one of those. My design allows even a 22oz Fat Tire or 1554 bottle to be opened while being kept vertical to avoid spillage.

Photo for reference of why a cage mount wouldn't be very effective on my bike:
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hocdub- My original design was for an opener like yours (the ring shape) as a bar end plug on the left bar end. I couldn't get the welding/grinding to look exactly right on the prototype so I decided to do this instead.

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SPD (or SPD clones) work quite nicely,without the need to bolt extra crap on.

god i want a transition MTB so bad !!!!! Is that yours? If so how do you like it?

that's really cool and more functional than the other openers. maybe you should patent it or something before someone takes the idea and starts mass marketing them.

Hijack: that was three frames back. Was a Covert paired with a Lyric 160mm coil fork. Very nice combo.

thats pretty cool, where can i get one?

oh my god did you seriously just quote an entire post with pictures for no reason?

I've said it before: new Chrome bags can open bottles with the strap release lever thingie.

you win DIY of the week

i hate beer though :(

It'll open glass bottles of coke, diet coke or root beer too! :D

you can use almost anything laying around to open a beer bottle. just use your finger and apply pressure.

wasn't there a pink bike/frame in a thread like a couple days ago that had a section in the rear dropouts that acted as a bottle opener?

oh yeah, i'm not a huge fan of soda either:(

not the ones i referred to earlier but same concept.

http://www.bikeschool.com/store/Products/PG-051.html

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edit: just read about the part about frames having it. feel like and idiots. disregard w/e i said. jwablkdb.wajdblaw

Nice dude thumbs up.

Here's my option:

New Belgium Brewing. Fort Collins, CO.