Bicycle Breakfast Bar

I was late this morning.

No time to sit down and eat breakfast.

Cycling along with one hand on the handlebars  and a coffee in the other, with a pocket full of muesli and some toast in my hat . . . that's no way to live.

How to start the morning with the most important meal of the day comfortably inside my tummy as I cycle ?

Of course! . . . the bicycle breakfast bar.

(Added Edit - After many earnest comments about the dangers of this Instructructable, I have to say that this is just a bit of fun; very obviously not to be used on the roads and probably as it is so stupid not to used at all. . . and relax).

Step 1 Gather your materials and tools

I used:

-a nice bit of pine plank (IKEA cupboard)
-some brackets off a bike's stabilisers
-4 nuts and bolts
-a bowl
-a tin mug
-a spoon
-two old spokes

I needed:

- a jigsaw
- a spanner
- a drill
- an awl
- a pencil

Comments

[onrust]

Love it! A bump on the head is a small price to pay for the laughs and good times.

[thawkman]

Its totaly video edited you can see it so easily its not even funny

[FriendOfHumanity]

If you are talking about the crash then you are right ; of course it's edited.

But it's only edited to remove my ugly face from the video; the crash actually happened.

I had a roughly cut aluminium pole bolted to the bike from another project and as I stooped to avoid that labrador's drool the pole hit my head, full force, causing me some dismay and a circular cut out in my scalp which I can still feel.

I hope this restores your faith in humanity.

[thawkman]

Ow!! Thats gonna leave a mark!!

[onrust]

BUT...... did we learn anything? After watching the video again, not only does it restore my faith in my fellow man, my mind goes a boggle thinking of the endless possibilities of my next crash........ OH, its coming!
Don't let this cat get to you. Next time he crashes....... he will think of this!

[FriendOfHumanity]

Dear Onrust,

Bump?
It was more like a core sample.

Thanks for the patch.

FOH

[User1]

Can we get a video on this idea? I was hoping there would a video, but no luck. :-(

[FriendOfHumanity]

Hey, just to let you know that I've added a video.

It cost me at least a half pint of blood so I hope that you like it.

Kind Regards

FOH

[FriendOfHumanity]

Thanks for asking.
My trained monkey wasn´t keen on making a video because I wanted her to end up with cornflakes all over her face, for comic effect.

I will ask her again and try to make one.

[rçetin]

Sizde bisikletle i_e gidenlerdenseniz bu proje tam size göre

1-ilk olarak dikdörtgen bir tahatan1n üzerine taba1n taban1 girebilecek kadar delik çiziyoruz.Pergel yada daire _ablonu ile.Daha sonra Kupa bardak içinde ayn1 _ekide çizip kesiyoruz.

0_te bu hale gelecek tahta

daha sonra _erit halinde bir sac parças1n1 tahtan1n alt1na monte ediyoruz. biraz eiyoruz.

Matkapla deldikten sonra 1 taraf1n somonlar1n1 tak1yoruz


daha sonra bisiklet direksiyonuna tak1yoruz ve somonlar1 tak1yoruz


daha sonra bir tel parças1n1 _ekildeki gibi büküyoruz: Tost koyma yeri


daha sonra tahtan1n üstünden bu telleri monte etmek için delik açar1z

ve bu telii alttan sabitleyin (neyle sabitleyeceiniz size kalm1_ ben s1cak silikon kulland1m)

i_te emeklerimizn kar_1l11

[FriendOfHumanity]

Hey merhaba,
Üzgün ama benim Türkçelerim çok iyi deil.
Sen isteyemez mi daha kolay yol ve I anlamay1 denemeyecek?
te_ekkür ederim, saol 

[pauladonnielle]

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[FriendOfHumanity]

Can you give me your information source please? I need to research this.

[User1]

Stunts like this is what I see drivers performing. Frankly every bike rider I've seen is watching and avoiding getting hit. In Los Angeles we've suffered our 7th fatal hit-and-run in Southern California this year, and the 10th bike-related death in L.A. County since the first of the year. I doubt you'd find any bicyclists that are capable of that kind of destruction.

Oh and this instructable seems like a total joke. Like it was said below from rickharris "Poor idea for your diet - get up earlier and eat at a table. :-)" That goes for you drivers out there too.

[neffk]

Turn the jam-side of your toast toward you so it doesn't pick up any bugs!

[FriendOfHumanity]

Very good point; I thought it was a bit chewy.

[neffk]

Do you actually use this contraption? Haven't you heard about the dangers of toasting while driving? Seriously, though, how often have you actually mounted your breakfast on your bike and eaten it during transit?

[FriendOfHumanity]

I have never actually mounted my breakfast on my bike and eaten it during transit.

[skunkwolfe]

But the bugs provide extra protein and crunch! :D

[rattyrain]

This is the best comment so far.

[ProCactus]

Why did I get emailed his. Has it gotten so low this is whats left.
Sorry but this is a bad idea!

[FriendOfHumanity]

Oh I can get much lower than this; I´ve only just begun to scrape the barrel.

[playfulplans]

Ummm... what?

Great idea, great 'ible.

[FriendOfHumanity]

I´m on holiday , cycling around Spain at the moment, ( Without my bike breakfast bar.)

The internet has been hard to find, can you imagine my delight to finally access it and have all these comments?

This was silly, fun concept, obviously not to be used on the roads, (I cycle to work solely on cycle paths anyway.) but thank you for all of the earnest replies, they made me chuckle heartily, especially as I haven´t spoken to anyone for 12 days.

Kind Regards

FOH

[natureboi420]

Thats super cool! i like the idea! you should make one with a coffee maker and toaster :)

[Mig Welder]

How do you vote?! This 'ible has my vote :)

[NilZed]

The lack of humor awareness on these comments is astounding. Such an amusing idea should have been saved for next April.

[swilus]

What a bunch of stiffs! This is an awesome idea. Your rock. I love original ideas like this. Bravo for making this yourself!!!

[pop88]

You need straws

[tomdbarker]

You are officially nuts! As a cyclist of many years I can honestly say this is one of the most dangerous and impractical ideas for bike extension I've ever seen - excellent !! Keep up the eccentric work - lol. Maybe a lid for the mug tho eh?!

[Rizzy]

You should design like a shield type thing in front of it. It would keep from bugs and what ever is in the air from getting in your food. And it might possible make the shape more aerodynamic though I highly doubt it. I would hate to find a cricket in my jam. Great Idea!

[Wasagi]

This is fantastic! although I must say I don't think I could pull off having a mug of coffee, or even a thermos, child's spill proof cups? I bike to school every morning, and have more than enough idle time at lights to eat some toast, I love this idea! Great I'ble!

[sitearm]

I like this idea.

I rode my bike to school and back with a big wire basket on the back for books. For three years I dreamed of mounting model rocket launchers on the front (OK, I was around 14 at the time, and liked scifi, but I did make model rockets.

But how, how to affix the launchers solidly to the front of the bike (with launch buttons on the handgrips, of course)?

Years later, this Instructable shows me how: a multipurpose, stablelaunch bicycleplatform for breakfast*. Excellent

*and model rockets+
+ I would never shoot model rockets at anybody'
' well, maybe at the fun police <kidding!>"
" not responsible for anybody subsequently affixing model rocket launchers on their bikes after having read this comment

[AmyLuthien]

LoL! Good one! Bet that'd turn some heads XD

[guiwegian]

Even though there is a a "be nice" comment policy, I can't really see how this would be a good combination of riding/eating. Just for practical reason I am just wondering how much of your cereals and tea would be left after you jump on the bike and start cycling. Second of all, riding in a city with a lot of pollution wouldn't be very "clean", and third, that's the best way to stroke on the road , with your tea spoon stuck deep in your throat.However that could be a nice idea to hold some stuff to carry, such as bottles, bags, .....

[shalow]

This looks like a really bad and dangerous idea.

[rgerber1]

Pop tarts are the best on the go breakfast, fiber one bars give you gas, but she is a cutie.

[mary candy]

Your tools are amazing.
But this idea is just funny. I think it doesn't work in fact.
:D

[playfulplans]

"I think it doesn't work in fact."

I couldn't agree less...

Super cool and it would work for me!

Kev

[mary candy]

hehhehe
I would like to see you eating muesli and drinking a large cup of coffee on the bike.
Maybe in Circus. :P