stem cap map holder
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2020 4:59 pm
As mentioned in "Postie", after viewing Picton's stem cap map holder thingy I thought "right, that's an improvement on my bar mounted one", so I bought the bracket from Alpkit. Toddled round to our proper hardware shop and obtained a plastic storage box with a lid.
Stored some stuff in the box so that wasn't wasted, then pruned the lid a bit and added some notches for elastic map retainers. The clever (ish) bit - the lid has ridges so is much more rigid than a plain chopping board for example. Very light too.
Drill some holes, add some washers, attach to bracket. Borrow some elastic from a pair of Mrs Perrin's bloomers and fix round notches.
All the while, Panda watches the proceedings. (Sean: note his face mask. I'm quite concerned that Ralph doesn't have one).
Insert map, and we're all done. Handles vertical and horizontally orientated maps, four (as here) or two sections visible. Experimentation will show the effects of wind at 30mph downhill I'm sure. Still plenty of room for bag(s) mounted on gaffer tape bar harness.
No maps? What's wrong with you? Could alternatively be used as a pub/cafe menu holder to peruse as you journey towards it I suppose.
The only downside is no gaffer tape or cable ties were used in the making of this MYOG .
Stored some stuff in the box so that wasn't wasted, then pruned the lid a bit and added some notches for elastic map retainers. The clever (ish) bit - the lid has ridges so is much more rigid than a plain chopping board for example. Very light too.
Drill some holes, add some washers, attach to bracket. Borrow some elastic from a pair of Mrs Perrin's bloomers and fix round notches.
All the while, Panda watches the proceedings. (Sean: note his face mask. I'm quite concerned that Ralph doesn't have one).
Insert map, and we're all done. Handles vertical and horizontally orientated maps, four (as here) or two sections visible. Experimentation will show the effects of wind at 30mph downhill I'm sure. Still plenty of room for bag(s) mounted on gaffer tape bar harness.
No maps? What's wrong with you? Could alternatively be used as a pub/cafe menu holder to peruse as you journey towards it I suppose.
The only downside is no gaffer tape or cable ties were used in the making of this MYOG .