Best use for Gaffer Tape

steve_sordy
steve_sordy Posts: 2,453
edited July 2018 in MTB workshop & tech
I am in the habit of winding a few feet of Gaffer tape around the handle of my mini-pump. It comes in handy from time to time. I once used it to hold several kitchen towels in place to stop my thumb from bleeding all over the place.

Anyway! You would be advised to check it from time to time, to see if it is still "good". I was out last Sunday and needed some. But the blasted stuff was permanently stuck to my mini-pump. It may have been the 30 degC+ heat, or it may have been the number of years it has been kicking about in my back pack in all weathers!

What is the best "save the day" use of Gaffer tape on your bike outing? :D

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  • 02gf74
    02gf74 Posts: 1,171
    Not "save the day" but "save some weight" use.

    Cut some 25mm squares to cover spoke nipple holes in a rim instead of heavy rim tape. The pressure from the inner tube keeps it in place and being cloth based, it does not stretch. Has worked remarkably well although I would not do it again.
  • mattyfez
    mattyfez Posts: 638
    Small roll of electrical tape is handy for strapping up gauzes /bandages.
  • FishFish
    FishFish Posts: 2,152
    Using apprentices for hair removal requires a strong degree of selectivity.
    ...take your pickelf on your holibobs.... :D

    jeez :roll:
  • FishFish
    FishFish Posts: 2,152
    I use it to hold my spare innertube to the seat post. No-one has ever done that before!
    ...take your pickelf on your holibobs.... :D

    jeez :roll:
  • JBA
    JBA Posts: 2,852
    FishFish wrote:
    I use it to hold my spare innertube to the seat post. No-one has ever done that before!

    Are you allowed to refer to an apprentice as "it"?
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  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    FishFish wrote:
    I use it to hold my spare innertube to the seat post. No-one has ever done that before!

    Yes they have. One of my schoolmates did that about 35 years ago. It looked like a tumour. It's not a great idea.
  • FishFish
    FishFish Posts: 2,152
    They did not have gaffer tape 35 years ago so it was probably a tumour.
    ...take your pickelf on your holibobs.... :D

    jeez :roll:

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