Costumes and fabrics getting caught in my bike chain
- lennyjones
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Costumes and fabrics getting caught in my bike chain
WTF it happened like 3 times a day! EVERY DAY!
fuuuuuuuuuck
something must be done about this
fuuuuuuuuuck
something must be done about this
- Mosin
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OK, it might look hokey, but you can create small custom guards very easily with cardboard and zip ties that will save your clothing the horror of a run through the sprocket. Sit on your bike in costume, and note the possible places a hangup might happen. Cut cardboard pieces to size (Corona boxes work well and look funky) and figure out where they should be placed for maximum deflection. Wherever the pieces pass a bar/frame piece, mark two holes with a sharpie. Punch through the holes and attach to bike with ziptie(s). Repeat.
In 2008 our buddy was having major petticoat hangups on the rear tire until I fabricated a Corona/zip tie rear fender...which just survived its 3rd burn (as did her petticoats!
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In 2008 our buddy was having major petticoat hangups on the rear tire until I fabricated a Corona/zip tie rear fender...which just survived its 3rd burn (as did her petticoats!

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I had this problem too. Drove me crazy! And this was even with me making sure I tucked the excess fabric under my butt before riding too. Ripped one of my favorite wrap pants, and did some damage to a tutu 
I'll need to see if I can figure out some kind of deflector thing. I didn't have a problem getting caught in the wheel, but rather in the chain and gears and then getting wrapped around.
I'm generally not a big bike rider, and when I do ride I don't usually wear tutus or long silk skirts etc. LOL. I didn't even THINK about this being a problem!

I'll need to see if I can figure out some kind of deflector thing. I didn't have a problem getting caught in the wheel, but rather in the chain and gears and then getting wrapped around.
I'm generally not a big bike rider, and when I do ride I don't usually wear tutus or long silk skirts etc. LOL. I didn't even THINK about this being a problem!
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And if you have a mix of girly and butch you gotta have two bikes?Ugly Dougly wrote:If you wear girly costumes you gotta ride a girly bike. Simple.
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How to buy Costumes for Burning Man:
1. Buy a battery operated black light. Take it into the store and ask the clerk to turn off all the lights. If it glows, take it off the rack.
2. Moop Check: When you shake it, if anything falls to the ground, put it back on the rack.
3. Bike Check: Look at the bottom...is there anything that can get caught in a chain, or make it difficult to throw your leg over a bike? If so, put it back on the rack.
4. Climb check: Can you climb tall structures in this? If not, put it back on the rack.
5. Take what's left, go in the dressing room and see what fits you.
1. Buy a battery operated black light. Take it into the store and ask the clerk to turn off all the lights. If it glows, take it off the rack.
2. Moop Check: When you shake it, if anything falls to the ground, put it back on the rack.
3. Bike Check: Look at the bottom...is there anything that can get caught in a chain, or make it difficult to throw your leg over a bike? If so, put it back on the rack.
4. Climb check: Can you climb tall structures in this? If not, put it back on the rack.
5. Take what's left, go in the dressing room and see what fits you.
Live as if everyone loves you and thinks you look great. Dance as if no one is watching.
- Mosin
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People just have to get their priorities straight. One of our dear friends showed up in 2007 with one of those tricycle electric scooters you stand on instead of a bike....which she laid out ~$700 for (used). Even though the electric stand-o-trike was way cool, and she had it wildly done up in fur and el wire, we wondered between ourselves why she was going electric, since she is a daily bike rider at home, and in more than adequate shape to pedal the playa. So, the first night after dinner she comes out dressed for the evening in the most epic homemade full-length (like, hoody to toe!) fur coat any of us had ever seen on the playa... which had taken her several months to design and assemble. As we were marveling at it and taking turns hugging her and diving inside the coat it finally struck me.
"Ahhh, now I know why you bought the electric trike!"
She looked at me with a mock "busted" look and explained, "Dude, I just had to get my priorities straight, ya'know?"
"Ahhh, now I know why you bought the electric trike!"
She looked at me with a mock "busted" look and explained, "Dude, I just had to get my priorities straight, ya'know?"

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that's pretty much sticky worthy.mars wrote:How to buy Costumes for Burning Man:
1. Buy a battery operated black light. Take it into the store and ask the clerk to turn off all the lights. If it glows, take it off the rack.
2. Moop Check: When you shake it, if anything falls to the ground, put it back on the rack.
3. Bike Check: Look at the bottom...is there anything that can get caught in a chain, or make it difficult to throw your leg over a bike? If so, put it back on the rack.
4. Climb check: Can you climb tall structures in this? If not, put it back on the rack.
5. Take what's left, go in the dressing room and see what fits you.
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