What is the most innovative bike bodge you've ever done?

[nic]

As it says in the title, the one rule being that the bodge had to work.

My contribution: I broke the poploc on the fork lockout of the Whyte. (apologies for modern content!) Couldn't get to the shops to see if anyone has one in stock, so have used a SRAM left side twist grip... and it works.

Have also learned that the amount of cable the fork lockout uses is the same amount as used by a SRAM twist grip to get from granny ring to big ring!

 

[dyna-ti]

That was lucky it just moved the right amount

Hows that phrase go?
Emergency breeds the second cousin of bodging :? or something like that.

I used an RS quadra threaded steerer with an ahead headset and stem
Worked well for six months till i changed the fork to an ahead one.

Not sure id try that again

 

[teethgrinder]

Puncture miles from home, had pump but no patches, so used leaves. Lots of leaves.

Worked but made a right mess.

Used a jubilee clip to bodge an endless band for a DX front mech on which the original was too big.

Worked really well, actually!

 

[robp-tt]

ive used a small cable tie to hold my jocky wheel in place after loosing the bolt out riding,the whole jocky wheel fell out with spacers going every where and i found it all apart from the bolt :cry: but the cable te worked very well and lasted the rest of the ride

 

[barry2017]

I made a dog walking harness from the top tube of a BSO so I could go for bike rides with my dog.

 

[kanerdog1x1]

i made a mech hanger bolt after one decided to 'break-away' out of a brembo mo'bike banjo bolt and copper washers. still in regular use now.

 

[dbmtb]

Ahead top cap out of a coin with a hole drilled in it. This was back in the days when Ahead was totally new and top caps were putty-like plastic and unavailable as a spare part.

That solution lasted me 2 years until aftermarket top caps became available.

 

[ferrus]

Once mended a puncture with a sticky boiled sweet and a piece of polythene bag. It worked fine so I forgot about it until I had to repair the next puncture, months later. :shock:

 

[perry]

cant think of any bodges myself , i put together bikes properly so dont have to really fix through necessity

a mate did fix a broken top cap on some stratos mx6 forks with a 2p . was a bit unnerving riding it expecting to get a spring in the face

also seen a rear shock replaced with a bit of steel bar . thinking about it that was my suggestion one of the ratty kids that always seem to hang around when you ride in one place had a shonky full suss in the late 90s when jump hardtails were getting popular and he wanted it to be rigid so i just said replace the shock with a bit of bar off the cuff and days later it was done

oh and ive seen some really appalling gussets over the years

oh i did once use washing up liquid in lew of proper chain lube . was fine until it rained and quickly washed away

 

[dyna-ti]

oh and ive seen some really appalling gussets over the years

Haven't we all