You could braid old cables into a stainless steel mesh "Chinese Finger" like what is used used to prevent an electrical cable from being bent at the box or when a cable is suspended from an overhead. You would need to make the bottle sit upright so it wouldn't leak out if left uncapped.I'd use a couple of hog rings to close the end of the mesh. A thief will get what they want, but the hog rings will prevent casual pilfering and can be easily cut to replace the bottle.Or just get a real strain relief like this:RonOn Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Bob Giordano <mist@strans.org> wrote:
some more info to add to the conversation...
a few stations are now around Missoula. i think they are working well.
all the different companies have improved the air pump, to be more
durable. air might be the most valuable asset of a fix it station.
for a few years, we locked a few pumps up around town to bike racks.
they'd last up to a year. we're a big fan of manual pumps instead of
compressors.
---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: RE: lube on fixit?
From: "Andy Lageson" <andy@dero.com>
Date: Tue, September 20, 2011 11:20 am
To: "'Bob Giordano'" <mist@strans.org>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Bob, we will only be able to fasten a cable to something that has a
handle or loop on it. The Triflow bottle won't work.
Andy Kennedy Lageson
Sales Manager
andy@dero.com
Dero Bike Rack Co
504 Malcolm Ave SE
Suite 100
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Tel: 612-359-0689 Ext. 105
Fax: 612-331-2731
www.dero.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Giordano [mailto:mist@strans.org]
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 9:19 AM
To: Andy Lageson
Subject: RE: lube on fixit?
Perhaps there is a better way: those little triflow bottles are ideal, as
they can be squeezed to dispense, and can be easily refilled. Have you
ever done lube before on a fixit? What do you think would be the best way
to have lube available? (I'm going to offer our free cycle program service
to people in missoula that get these fixits- we can go around and
refill/replace lube weekly I believe).
-Bob Giordano, MIST
Andy Lageson wrote:
> We have added the wrenches before especially the 15mm size. If you can
> source a stainless steel dispenser and send me the weblink of exactly what
> you want then we can order it and get it added to the fixit for you. We
> would have to send it without lube in it though.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Giordano [mailto:mist@strans.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 8:53 AM
> To: Andy Lageson
> Subject: lube on fixit?
>
> Thanks Andy. Have you added wrenches before for other people?
>
> And, how about adding chain lube? I'm thinking a refillable small
> stainless steel dispenser of some kind, on a cable, like the wrenches.
>
> -Bob Giordano, MIST
>
> Andy Lageson wrote:
>> Hi Bob, the cost is $15.00 per wrench. There is room to expand the tool
>> set on each fixit so it would cost $45.00 total to add all three
>> wrenches.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bob Giordano [mailto:mist@strans.org]
>> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 8:52 AM
>> To: web@dero.com; Andy
>> Subject: More wrenches on fixit?
>>
>> I am about to promote your air support and fix it station to many
>> people and groups in Missoula. I talked with a rep of your company
>> about 3 weeks ago and am following up: can you add 13, 14 and 15mm
>> wrenches to the fixit station and how much would it add to the cost?
>> 13mm to adjust seat height, 14mm to adjust seat angle, 15mm for many
>> wheels. Thanks, -Bob Giordano, Director, Free Cycles Missoula,
>> Missoula Institute for Sustainable Transportation
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