Oxford products - avoid like plague! (renamed thread!)

[Flatbadger]

Thread renamed from 'Wind and rain getting under bike cover..'

Although there's a strap to go underneath the bike and keep the cover from flying off to Surrey, the back part of the cover tends to ride up exposing the rear wheel when the wind gets under it.

I thought of adding large clips or pegs to attach small weights, but maybe someone on here has found a better solution. Any ideas?
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[anthony_r6]

My cover is a little bigger than the bike, so I just tighten it around the back wheel and then roll the wheel over the cover. If I want to do it over the front as well, I'll roll it back a little more than normal, then pull it under the front wheel and roll it forward a little, and I also stick it under the stand. This keeps it pinned down. If it rains, the bottom does end up soaking wet though.
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[illuminateTHE...]

add additional straps to the rear... or if you chain your rear wheel make two holes were you can pass your chain through, this will act like some form of anchor

[Dazbo666]

The edge of my cover that fits next to the wheel is elasticated, so as long as its fitted properly, the elastication fits snugly under the wheel
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[Davenaylor]

What do people do when they've been riding in the wet and get home with a wet bike?

Do you still cover it? I don't and as a result my bikes spends days soaked!
The reason I don't is because the bike is warm and being covered, the moisture would speed up rusting, but I might have made that up.

[TheSmiler]

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Watering can to rinse the road salt off. A once over with a rag. Quick spray with wd40. (keep clear of the seat/tyres/brakes) Cover on.
Make the best of a poor situation.
When it stops raining whip the cover off to dry on the washing line.

As for the cover lifting up you could get some plastic eyelets used on tarpaulins.

https://images.esellerpro.com/2294/I/109/38/100034.jpg

Or get a cover that has already has holes front and back for running chains through.

[Charlie]

[P.]

My cover goes straight on, hot exhaust or not. I bought one that won't melt

Wet bike gets covered, this is Britain, it won't stop raining now till mid July and it would be pointless me waiting for the rain to stop and the bike to dry out.

Its a bike, my nice one is put away, my daily shed are getting wet/dirty regardless. A spot of rust is a minimal issue to deal with.

[Flatbadger]

Cheers chaps, I have an eyelet punch already so might go with that - maybe use a bent bit of coathanger to go under the wheel and hook on to the eyelets - I'd prefer my squire locks to be protected and am in the habit of putting them on before the cover anyway.
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[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

Bungee? Hooks are abit stronger than a wire coathanger.

[DonDino]

When I had the CBF, I used a cheap thin cover that didn't have any elasticated bits. I just tied a hairband over the cover and around the back brake pedal. It kept it in place in the strongest of Manchester winds.
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[Dave70]

As has already been suggested, roll your back wheel over the end of it or just tuck it well under the wheel. That's what I do with my one that has an elasticated bottom. It gets pretty damn windy here and I've never had a problem.

A guy a few doors up uses bungee cord to wrap around the bike to keep the cover in place.

As for if it's already got wet due to the rain. I leave it off if it's still pissing down. If the rain's eased off or stopped, I'll give it a dry off with a towel and cover it.

[Flatbadger]

Due to the place my bike's left in (forecourt) and the position of the ground anchor, I wouldn't be able to put the cover on first, it would get in the way when putting the main chain through the back wheel and the 2nd one through the frame.

The bungee cord wrapping could be a runner, maybe a bit of rope with one bungee to provide tension. I might try attaching something to the back of the cover which I can then jam under the rear tyre , I don't think it'll stay put on it's own.
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[serlant]

does the cover touch at the bottom where it blows apart? what about using 2 neodynium disc magnets or the like and clamping the cover together, then just sticking them to the ground anchor when you remove the cover, 2 hard drive magnets or something like that.
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[mickie]

I fasten bungee's around the middle of the bike over the seat. This stops the cover ballooning and lifting.

[Flatbadger]

[Noxious89123]

[Flatbadger]

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

^^^Oxford Stormex.

I have one that is over 8years old and no rips. Very faded and needs a spray of silicone..still does a decent job.

[mentalboy]

^^^
You'll find that any cover not made with a ripstop type fabric will unzip itself when it gets a small tear, the older it gets the more likely this is to happen.
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[C1REX]

I use Stormex and it's fantastic. I use it every day abusing a lot. Not a single hole and it does the job.
It's heat proof as well so no need to worry about the hot exhaust.

Kris
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[weasley]

10 year old Stormex here... still doing good service. Also my Oxford Sports panniers, tank bag and bumbag are all giving good service after several years's use.

And I was born in Oxford. Anything from there is great.
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[Kris]

During high winds I used to put a bungee across the pillion seat and fix down to the riders pegs either side. That used to work okay for me with my old Hein Gericke cover.


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