Bungee cords want to kill me...

[The Singing Chef]

So after taking the pillion back home, then bungee tying my spare helmet behind me, check it's secure then go off on my merry way home.
Half way home i check my helmet and notice the bungee ties have come undone and are hanging rather too close for comfort to my rear wheel... I could just imagine that doing the wrong thing as i go through a nice fast corner :(

[skippa1]

Those things are fucken leathal. Had the same, wont use them now.

[The Singing Chef]

be safer if i strap the damn thing to my head, may get a few funny looks though...

[baptist]

I hate anything being tied to my bike... big woose:baby: I guess but I am paraniod of loose things sticking in my wheels. If it don't fit in my bag it don't come along.

Glad you noticed it before it got stuck anywhere:yes:

[Gremlin]

Use a bungee net, much more useful for odd shapes like helmets.

[fliplid]

Use a bungee net, much more useful for odd shapes like helmets.
Totally agree with the bungee net thingy- more useful for holding stuff more securely.

[vifferman]

I know a guy who had his bag bungied to the back of his VFR800. He woke up in an ambulance, and was told his bag had gone in the back wheel at an estimated 120 km/h.
He was pretty severely fukt, and had to give up bikes.

[YellowDog]

The $2 shop cheap ones certainly have a mind of their own and are best avoided.

[trustme]

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[The Singing Chef]

Ouch! Thats what scared the shit out of me when i noticed it! i noticed the rope didn't do a bad job though.

[Toaster]

Use a bungee net, much more useful for odd shapes like helmets.

Hairnets work with helmets. :blink:

[shafty]

I'd never consider bungying a helmet on - I presume a full face helmet?

Put your arm thru it................

[marie_speeds]

I know a guy who had his bag bungied to the back of his VFR800. He woke up in an ambulance, and was told his bag had gone in the back wheel at an estimated 120 km/h.
He was pretty severely fukt, and had to give up bikes.

Sad about your friend....

But it goes to show that sometimes we do things for so long and don't realise just how dangerous something can be until someone points it out.

[Dschubba]

A guy used to be at my work called Cyclops...
had something to do with a bungy cord

[The Singing Chef]

I'd never consider bungying a helmet on - I presume a full face helmet?

Put your arm thru it................

Haha i could tie it to my knee and start getting my knee down around some corners.:woohoo:

[The Pastor]

who ever uses bungey cords as the sole method of "securing" items to anything, be it bike, trailer, or car deserves to be shot.

[PirateJafa]

who ever uses bungey cords as the sole method of "securing" items to anything, be it bike, trailer, or car deserves to be shot.

Pff.

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[R-Soul]

I lost my gear bag all over the highway relying on bungee cords.
Rather get a bag that is meant to be fitted over a hard rail, like a ventura bag.

Or a tank bag.

[varminter]

Back in the days when bungy cords were a bit better than the Chinese shite we get today I saw one used as a trailer safety chain. the trailer came unhitched from the car, bang, bang, bang the guy rear ended him self several times with his own trailer. Well it made me laugh.

[awa355]

So after taking the pillion back home, then bungee tying my spare helmet behind me, check it's secure then go off on my merry way home.
Half way home i check my helmet and notice the bungee ties have come undone and are hanging rather too close for comfort to my rear wheel... I could just imagine that doing the wrong thing as i go through a nice fast corner :(


If you use a good quality bunjee cord it, should be good for about 4 complete wind up's around the rear hub before breaking.

One way of telling a good quality cord, is the hook still clinging to the bike frame should not straighten out before the cord shreds itself then breaks.

Believe me, I know.

[jellywrestler]

Use a bungee net, much more useful for odd shapes like helmets.
I had a helicopter ride after one of those went through my back wheel, had even stopped to check it a few kays earlier.
the quality of them is questionable as it was secure and had snapped.

[Gremlin]

I had a helicopter ride after one of those went through my back wheel, had even stopped to check it a few kays earlier.
the quality of them is questionable as it was secure and had snapped.
Interesting... (well, painful for you). I've got a Oxford brand one, and while I don't use it everyday, I've had it a while, with no dramas.

For carrying lots of luggage while touring, I wouldn't use them. I use hard luggage for that.