I use 'em to secure the front and rear wheels to the tracks on my car's roo f rack. I also keep 'em around my piles of chainrings and track cogs. I also attach a spare wheelset to my back pack with 'em if I am riding out to the velodrome in Queens.
Matthew Bowne Brooklyn, New York
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> From: youngc@ptd.net
> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
> Subject: Re: [CR]Homemade tools in your toolbox - leather toe straps
> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:28:20 -0500
>
> Repurposed leather toe straps! Uses include but are not limited to:
>
> (1) Substitute for a third hand tool when cabling up brakesets and much m
ore
> adjustable.
> (2) To strap the front wheel to the downtube when a bike is on the stand
to
> prevent it from slapping around and having the handlebar ding the top tub
e.
>
> A handy addition to any well-stocked tool box / workbench / stand and
> provides something useful to do with those singletons that seem to show u
p
> when their mates die.
>
> Other than strapping tubulars beneath a saddle, what bike-related tasks d
o
> you folks do with them?
>
> Charlie Young
> Honey Brook, PA
> USA