Saturday, 20 January 2007

Skibike Bungees

Hello there,
A consideration when flying rather than driving on holiday, is how to secure the various pieces of your skibike within your ski bag, it's a question we do get asked occasionally. Ask other skibikers how they do it and they will all come up with different ways of achieving this. Some of the more popular ways include: electrician's tape, Gaffa tape (Duct tape), rope and string - they all work but with the exception of rope and string they are not reusable so a fresh supply has to be packed ready for the return journey. We prefer a different approach, "Bungees". The picture shows a complete skibike including footskis plus a spare front ski, spare pair of handle bars and a bum bag containing tools, all secured using just 5 bungee straps, total cost £1 from a high street £1 special shop. Granted they only last 2 or 3 seasons due to the ski edges tending to chafe them after a period of time. but at that price its not an issue and a piece of card placed between the ski and the bungee reduces the problem considerably.
Gail & Mervyn.

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