[jimmydean]

This was at a gas station in Sandy, OR on the way back from a DH race at Ski Bowl. This is one of the more creative setups I've seen. The vice-grip was used to hold the cable end, then taped to the chain stay to keep it out of the wheel. True redneck engineering there.

 

[jonKranked]

his pie plate needs fixed

 

[urbaindk]

Unfortunately I don't have a picture, but I saw a guy in town using a vice grip to clamp the stem to his bars. Yeah, that's safe.

 

[BigMike]

That is amazing!

And JD, I see that all the time here In Richmond.......

 

[golgiaparatus]

 

[jimmydean]

Also, what you don't see in the pic (my friend took it, not me) is the bike was secured to the pole with this HUGE logging chain, bigger than the Kryptonite chain just in case you thought about stealing this sweet ride.

 

[OGRipper]

Hahahahaha, he's got that cable vice-gripped AND taped in place, it ain't going nowhere!!

 

[urbaindk]

That is amazing!

And JD, I see that all the time here In Richmond.......

Really, you have to wonder, you have a pair of channel lock pliers laying around but you don't have $0.10 for a new bolt? WTF.

As for the first picture. Why not cut a short piece of cable from the shifter end (with the little knobby cable stop) then stick it in the rear d. Pull the cable tight, bolt it down and you are done. I have a ghetto SS that I do this with. Works well and requires no additional pliers or electrical tape.

 

[OGRipper]

channel lock pliers

Dude, it's a vise-grip. :nonono:

 

[urbaindk]

Dude, it's a vise-grip. :nonono:

Doh!

I guess channel lock would need even more duct-tape huh? Perhaps even some bailing twine.

 

[BigMike]

well...... A Vise Grip is easier to steal than finding a bolt exactly the right size to steal........

 

[macko]

The electrical tape is over the shift cable for the rear-der. I wonder how that's working out. Maybe this is his way of turning it into an SS!

 

[jonKranked]

maybe he's from pink bike and has a monster t on it.