What's the best way to strap rods to my push bike? Just 1 rod and net. Bungee cords?
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My old man many years ago used to do this when he would go for a canal session.
Simple bungie cords and he was away!
My old man many years ago used to do this when he would go for a canal session.
Simple bungie cords and he was away!
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'Back in the day' as a teenager pre-driving, my Dad and I made some velcro straps and they never let me down cycling miles on and off road all weekend.
'Back in the day' as a teenager pre-driving, my Dad and I made some velcro straps and they never let me down cycling miles on and off road all weekend.
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Just used to use shoe laces and tie them like shoes
Just used to use shoe laces and tie them like shoes
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I used a Bungie as well.
I used a Bungie as well.
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Just beware of what's around you when strapping your rods to your crossbar. Probably not si much a problem with retractable or short rods. But with a twelve foot rod your going to have a bit poking across the wheel arch. A mate of mine got distracted by a couple of pretty girls in a pub garden once on his ride to the lake resulting in him having a much shorter rod when he arrived...
Just beware of what's around you when strapping your rods to your crossbar. Probably not si much a problem with retractable or short rods. But with a twelve foot rod your going to have a bit poking across the wheel arch. A mate of mine got distracted by a couple of pretty girls in a pub garden once on his ride to the lake resulting in him having a much shorter rod when he arrived...
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Surely his rod would have got longer?
I'll get my coat.
Surely his rod would have got longer?
I'll get my coat.
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I just used to use a pair of shoelaces
I just used to use a pair of shoelaces
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Maybe better strapping rod / net to the back of a rucksack? Failing that NGT do some very neat and cost effective travel holdalls - I stash one in my suitcase for summer hols abroad / harbour mullet bashing
Maybe better strapping rod / net to the back of a rucksack? Failing that NGT do some very neat and cost effective travel holdalls - I stash one in my suitcase for summer hols abroad / harbour mullet bashing
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Rods on bikes really takes me back to my teenage years. Tied on with football boot laces as I cycled from walney Island over to the ponds at roanhead with a loaf of bread and a margarine tub of maggots for bait in my army and navy stores rucksack.
Not a mobile phone in sight. Just an old radio to listen to and a good mate who I've not seen in years.
Happy days
Rods on bikes really takes me back to my teenage years. Tied on with football boot laces as I cycled from walney Island over to the ponds at roanhead with a loaf of bread and a margarine tub of maggots for bait in my army and navy stores rucksack.
Not a mobile phone in sight. Just an old radio to listen to and a good mate who I've not seen in years.
Happy days
I use a John Wilson travel float and Avon quiver ...I strap it to my rucksack and folding landing pole and net as well...
I'd like a front Brompton T,bag or similar ,but the cost of them second hand is outrageous
I'd like a front Brompton T,bag or similar ,but the cost of them second hand is outrageous
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Like a few others have said, just use an old pair of shoe laces. Used to use this method back in my youth cycling down the river after school with my rucksack that carried bait and terminal tackle, those were the days
Like a few others have said, just use an old pair of shoe laces. Used to use this method back in my youth cycling down the river after school with my rucksack that carried bait and terminal tackle, those were the days
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Search for "cable straps" on Amazon.
Search for "cable straps" on Amazon.
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And me,
On my way down to Dobson weir ,@ 1960 ,good times,👍😏
And me,
On my way down to Dobson weir ,@ 1960 ,good times,👍😏
Times have changed since the 60's and 70's when we strapped our rods to the "Cross Bar", now more commonly referred to as the "Top Tube". In those days rods were made from fibre glass and tough as old boots, you could just wrap a bungee round them in cloth rod bags and the landing net which is all I did, just one bungee wrapped around the rods from the back to front of the bike. Or just tie a rod holdhall to the "Crossbar" with everything in.
But now with carbon fibre and thinner blanks and rod tips, I would be inclined to give them a bit more protection and stick them in a rod tube, but, with 40mm and 50mm butt eye's, that could make it a bulky option, but one rod should be OK. But, if you did put your rod in a rod tube, you would also need to keep it in a rod bag otherwise with all the vibrating about, it would not be long before the rod ends up very scuffed. But, with the landing net pole strapped to the rod it would make it a bit more protected, but still possible to crush the blank with an overtight bungee.
But now with carbon fibre and thinner blanks and rod tips, I would be inclined to give them a bit more protection and stick them in a rod tube, but, with 40mm and 50mm butt eye's, that could make it a bulky option, but one rod should be OK. But, if you did put your rod in a rod tube, you would also need to keep it in a rod bag otherwise with all the vibrating about, it would not be long before the rod ends up very scuffed. But, with the landing net pole strapped to the rod it would make it a bit more protected, but still possible to crush the blank with an overtight bungee.
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