Lockable bag for helmet and boots
 

Does anyone know where I can get or if you can get a strong bag which is lockable to your bike so I can put my helmet and off road boots in them whilst I walk around? I would rather change my footwear and not carry my helmet

Cheers
Wayne

I have an ex-army kitbag and a (4m) I think, Kryptoflex cable and lock. Stuff my, erm, stuff in the bag then wrap it up with the cable (like you would string up a brown paper parcel in the old days. Stuff that under the bike and lock the cable.

You can get woven wire mesh bags to go over rucksacks but to be honest they'd easily be got through with a pair of little side-cutters.

If you have the right type of hard luggage and the right type of helmet you could try what I do. I have top loading aluminium boxes with removable lids. What I do is lift the lid slightly, insert both ends of the helmet straps either side of the box lid. Lower the lid and lock down trapping the strap buckle ends in the lid. Yeah sure it could be cut off, but I've been doing that for years in all sorts of places with no problems. Sometimes when there is stuff on the top of boxes I just stick 1 buckle in 1 side and sit the helmet on the seat. As for boots? I ride in boots I can walk in, and walk in boots I can ride with :smartass:

That sounds like an idea thx alot

Thanks for the info, but with me getting a hire bike on this trip there is no hard luggage on it but will bare it in mind for my own bike


Wayne

Everybody has their own different solutions. Mine is a 1.5 - 2 metre long wire strop with a soft eye at each end. One end is fastened off at the handlebars (simply by passing the strop round the bars and passing one eye through the other) and then the strop is passed through the helmet chin-bar and some eyelets I've had put in my boot side flaps, and also down the sleeve of my jacket before finally padlocking it back off to itself or part of the handlebars. Everything is then fairly well secured. An old bike cover over the top finally hides everything if I'm feeling particularly paranoid.

I have a pacsafe helmet bag I picked up in a sale, but pricey now at £60 but usual pacsafe quality

Dave

+1 on the pacsafe. Cannot beat them for security of large items :thumbup1:

That's what I do too. I've had a leather worker put extra thread eyes in my boots, and now I can use the cable to secure helmet (through chin bar), jacket (through sleeves) and boots (through eye). With a bit of clever arrangement, one can also use the jacket as a kind of straight jacket for a duffle bag.

I woudn't recommend securing helmets using the chin strap, as thieves often just cut the strap to take the helmet. I'm not a fan of pac-safe's either, as they are extremely heavy and bulky ...

Also +1 on the bike cover. The older and scruffier it looks, the better :-)

I don't think you can beat the Pac Safe. I got a larger one (120L I think?) which covers my loaded dry bag, helmet, jacket, trousers and boots - it packs down really small and lives in my tank bag. You can pick them up relatively cheap on Fleabay

Thanks for all the info guys bier

Wayne