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Taping things to your top tube

Steven FordSteven Ford
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When you tape something down to your top tube i.e GU  what kind of tape are you using? Do not want to ruin the paint job.

 

Thanks

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  • mattsullmattsull

    You may want to consider carrying a gel flask. You can get holders that attach to the top tube or, like me, you can carry it in your jersey pocket.

  • Steven FordSteven Ford

    It is actually to hold Stingers, and so I was wondering duck tape or electrical tape or staples.

  • Nemo BrauchNemo Brauch

    Electrical tape works great and comes off again without pealing the paint. No way would I use duct tape!

  • tuckermtuckerm
    Don't lie, you were looking to store some hot dogs right?
  • Steven FordSteven Ford
    Posted By Tucker McKeever on 16 Aug 2010 09:17 AM

    Don't lie, you were looking to store some hot dogs right?





     

    I proclaim my 5th admendment rights against self incremination.

  • Paul HoughPaul Hough
    I use electrical tape across the top of my Gu packs. For an IM, I'll tape down 6 and pull them off one-by-one. The top of the packet stays on the tob tube and your gel is ready...works great. But I would like to hear how folks carry slices of a powerbar if you aren't using a bento box.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User]
    This works for GU's but what about my PB&J sandwich?
  • Nemo BrauchNemo Brauch
    PB&J in sandwich baggie. Tape baggie to tube.
  • Linda PatchLinda Patch

    You mean this?

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    Or here's a flask set up:

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  • Al TruscottAl Truscott
    @ Paul, I've seen people melt pieces of naked Power Bar to the top tube.
    @ Linda - is it possible to actually ingest all of that Hammer Gel? The second picture makes me think this is just for giggles - how can the flasks survive the occasional speed bump? Or maybe it's a set up for a 12 hour trainer ride?
  • Michele CellaiMichele Cellai
    Yuck! It's all the same flavor! I'd gag!
  • Linda PatchLinda Patch

    Hey people, just posted it to be helpful to Steve and give him an idea of how to do it. Sheesh. For the record, not my bike, nor the bike of anyone I know. Does expand horizons of what one can tape to a top tube.

  • steveperxsteveperx

    Holy rolling buffet, Batman!

    Back pockets carry 2 gel flasks apiece, if one needs that much.  If one is going to carry THAT much, he/she might consider the concentrated InfinIT instead.  Less overhead and more aero.

  • Cary BlancoCary Blanco
    I taped 2 GUs (separately) to my top tube at IMLP. The only reason they were taped was so that I didn't have to worry about putting them in my singlet pockets in T1. I reloaded with 2 new GUs right into my pockets at Bike Special Needs.

    I never had good luck with flasks as I never got the dosing right. Also dropping/losing one flask = losing up to 6 GUs.

    I keep a spare 6" strip of electrical tape along the top tube that can be used "just in case".

    I once saw a photo on slowtwitch of a bike with what had to be 30+ GU packets taped to it - it had to be a joke - right?
  • GregSVanGregSVan
    On a side note to this thread, how many of you do this for a sprint. This weekend, I saw a couple of guys with three gel's taped to their bike for 12 miles, with two water bottles. Am I missing something?

    For me, I stick with electrical tape. That way no one can see the Vicodin underneath.
  • Michele CellaiMichele Cellai
    LOL! I didn't think that was yours Linda. But for a brief second I wondered if that was an old picture of something Keith had done. LOL! That was unreal!
  • manconamancona
    And i thought I saw everything working in T1 at an ironman ... leave it up to a triahtlete to custom mold a carbon fiber holder for multiple gel flasks. I'm sure there will be a 2.0 version that has an airfoil trailing edge on it.
  • Cary BlancoCary Blanco
    Found it!! Okay, maybe it wasn't 30, but it's a lot.

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    If you want to read all the comments about it search the ST forums for nutrition over-kill!.
  • GregSVanGregSVan

     @ Cary: Wow,that likes a Red Cross Tri Bike; it could feed an entire city in crisis.....

  • Steven FordSteven Ford

    Yikes did this go off topic

     

    I will use electrical tape and keep the mustard packs in my pocket

  • Mike HedmanMike Hedman
    At Oceanside one year I saw that someone had taken a whole Clif bar, put some water on the bottom, and form-squeezed it onto their top bar.

    Only one problem though - by the time I saw it, the rain had been coming down for 30 minutes, turning the bar into a mess.

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  • William JenksWilliam Jenks
    OK, with all the kidding (and although I no longer do it), there is one advantage of taping your gel to the bar...it is essentially self-opening as long as you're careful about where the tape goes across the packet.

    And I'm with Nemo: electrical tape.
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