Cosmoline
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I've been working for the past year or so on reviving the long lost art of carrying firearms by bicycle. It not only has application for us tree huggers, but for anyone interested in a fast and extremely quiet way of entering a hunting zone (where bikes are allowed, of course).
Part of the problem has been, the art of carrying arms on bikes isn't the only thing that's been lost. We've also lost the classic diamond frame set for upright riding. The only bikes still built with anything resembling that frame are high-end touring bikes and ones like the Marin redwood I recently purchased. I tried a number of carrying options with my Electra cruiser, but the curved design made frame-mounting very tricky.
Here's the first prototype solution. I did a video so you can see it from all sides. The scabbard is an old stiff saddle scabbard of the usual design. The ammo/handgun holder is a saddle bag draped over the top bar with the handles hooked together. The bags are designed to go on a horse's back and don't quite work here so I may have to use something else. But the scabbard fits perfectly and amazingly doesn't snag on me or the bike while in operation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd02kblUwE0
Here's phase 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz1IdG928ns
Part of the problem has been, the art of carrying arms on bikes isn't the only thing that's been lost. We've also lost the classic diamond frame set for upright riding. The only bikes still built with anything resembling that frame are high-end touring bikes and ones like the Marin redwood I recently purchased. I tried a number of carrying options with my Electra cruiser, but the curved design made frame-mounting very tricky.
Here's the first prototype solution. I did a video so you can see it from all sides. The scabbard is an old stiff saddle scabbard of the usual design. The ammo/handgun holder is a saddle bag draped over the top bar with the handles hooked together. The bags are designed to go on a horse's back and don't quite work here so I may have to use something else. But the scabbard fits perfectly and amazingly doesn't snag on me or the bike while in operation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd02kblUwE0
Here's phase 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz1IdG928ns
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