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:
http://www.amazon.com/Woodhead-36552-Safeway-Galvanized-Diameter/dp/B0027119...
Ron
On 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 Please consider the environment before printing this email.
-----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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