In a message dated 11/2/2002 10:06:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, Wornoutguy@aol.com writes:
>
> Did people tie sew up spares behind their saddles? If they did what would
> they have tied them on with? Old shoe lace - leather strap - toe strap -
> old
> sock? I have been playing with the display of my old bikes here in my
> office
> and wanted to set one up like someone had just gotten off and placed it
> there. Can you think of anything else they did to set up bikes that would
> be
> different from modern bikes?
>
I still tie my sew ups behind the saddle as I did in the 60's (the very very late 60's)
The most important advice I gave and still do, would be tro use something to prevent the strap from cutting intro the delicate sidewall. Breadbags, socks, cloth hankie, whatever- because the vibration and road salt/dirt that can get worked into the supple sidewall (especially on green tires that have not aged and which have no place on a bike) and do more damage to the tire than a ride on the Roubaix.
Var, Kucharik, Cannondale, TouringCyclist, YADuck(aka Avanti), and many others have produced 'sew up sock' bags over the years , some of which included a strap.
One had a leather strap resembling a shortened toe strap. Others had a flimsy nylon strap.
Var and Zeus were famous for their chrome sew up carrier with a rubber strap built in- this 'clipped' to the underside of the seat on the rails and the rubber loop had a fast-release pull tab.
I carry the folded tub in a jersey pocket. folding in itself has a techniq ue not too different that that of proper folding of a flag.
I never noticed many shoe laces but there's no reason it can't be done. I usually display my tubbed bikes without spares and a minimum of add-ons unless very interesting period pieces
Larry Black