Off Body Carry On A Bicycle ?

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Because I’m an old goat, to keep things moving and the ticker ticking, I ride my bicycle every day 10-13 miles. Exercise outside in late summer in southeast Texas produces copious amounts of perspiration, or just plain ole sweat! Can anyone suggest a good bag/pouch that would easily attach to either the handle bars or frame of a bike to secure a small handgun while making it accessible? Wearing concealed on the waist is possible but would require cleaning each day to avoid potential damage to the handgun. Thanks, stay safe and be blessed.
 
I would advise against off-body carry because in most conceivable scenarios in which you might be attacked while riding a bike you'll most likely be knocked off of it and thus separated from your firearm in the process.

If you're worried about sweating on it, then there are other ways of dealing with that like getting a thicker holster made of a material that sweat won't soak into or carrying it inside of a fanny pack.
 
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I don't off body carry unless I have another one one me. Example: when doing athletic activities I will carry a s&w340pd or colt mustang pocketlite in my pocket or belly band. Then in my backpack I will have a larger gun like a 1911, or s&w 327pc or 686+.

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Don't know if this will help, but when I would go jogging I'd use a small fanny pack holster. I think it was by Uncle Mike's. It's very nondescript and wouldn't scream, "Gun!" like some fanny pack holsters I've seen. It's got a rigid base between the gun and my body, which supports the gun and helps with keeping sweat and moisture off the gun. I've never had an issue with sweat or corrosion on my gun.
 
I have a handlebar bag on my mountain bike for windbreaker, tube, tools, etc. The brand is Topeak. With another mount unit, I can transfer it to my road bike. I carry a KelTec PMR 30 in a Cabela's fanny pack in a separate compartment from my phone, billfold, and lunch.
 
You haven't tried this?

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Or this?

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Come on, be a dedicated gunner/cyclist :D :D :D

But seriously, depending on what you wear I'd rather invest in a good holster solution... any kind (IWB, OWB, shoulder, ankle, whatever works), a Sneaky Pete or a fanny pack.

Check out the NRA store... they have some nice things.
 
Seems to me an OWB holster, leather or kydex, if you wear a belt, under your untucked T-shirt, would work. Separate the holster from the gun when you get home. Let the holster dry, and wipe the gun down daily. Well cared for leather will last a long time.
 
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Do a search for waterproof waist pouch. Looks like there are a few waist packs and fanny packs that are water proof. Now you gave me an idea about walking in Florida. May be a handy thing to have when out walking. Incase of rain it would protect a phone, Gun, etc.
 
Keep up the miles. That is smart!

So I have tried options to carry on a bike, due to a couple dog attacks and stumbling across meth labs in the past. I wanted something that could handle moderate off road mountain biking. Most fanny packs don’t do well there, as they bounce about.

AIWB didn’t work well.
Belt carry was obvious and uncomfortable. Sweaty too.
Used a chest bag holster for a few years, but it looked real suspicious...

I have used a sling bag for the last four years when on the bike. Kelty makes a dedicated bag that looks sporty but is really about the same as anUncle Mike’s shoulder holster. It straddles the difference between on- and off-body carry. Check out the Kelty bag - it is made specifically for this purpose and has just enough spare room for a phone, wallet and keys.

Also, has a lot of stand-off for sweat. I have never had any issues with that and the Kelty.
 
I bought a used LCR 38 just for cycling. I carry it in a water bottle pocket over my right kidney. The front sight started poking a hole in the material so it rides in a pocket holster. I wipe it down after every ride. If it gets messed up I'll let Ruger rebuild or replace it! My EDC is a S&W 49 no dash that is pocket carried, I find the pocket lint is worse on the guns that the sweat is.

Ivan
 
10 miles a day with LCP in a neoprene belly band, super comfortable, however, low humidity to deal with. Also have a high intensity gel pepper spray in vertical holster riding the handlebar stem just under the
bars, having no wish to shoot a pest unless neccessary.
If you Google 'triangle frame bag' and switch to images view, you'll see a bunch of bags that look like they would well as an enclosed holster.
 
I got a tube clamp from Terracycle and made a flat bar mount from some aluminum to put a holster with a thumb strap on it for my governor. I mounted this on the boom of my recumbent trike and is within reach and always in my line of sight. There is a bag within reach holding the reloads should they be needed.
 
HardToHandle said:
Keep up the miles. That is smart!

So I have tried options to carry on a bike, due to a couple dog attacks and stumbling across meth labs in the past. I wanted something that could handle moderate off road mountain biking. Most fanny packs don’t do well there, as they bounce about.

AIWB didn’t work well.
Belt carry was obvious and uncomfortable. Sweaty too.
Used a chest bag holster for a few years, but it looked real suspicious...

I have used a sling bag for the last four years when on the bike. Kelty makes a dedicated bag that looks sporty but is really about the same as anUncle Mike’s shoulder holster. It straddles the difference between on- and off-body carry. Check out the Kelty bag - it is made specifically for this purpose and has just enough spare room for a phone, wallet and keys.

Also, has a lot of stand-off for sweat. I have never had any issues with that and the Kelty.
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I just checked out that Kelty sling bag and watched a couple of yootoob videos about it. I really like it! Sounds like what the OP had in mind exactly.
 
JJEH said:
It's funny how this ^ reminds me of this:
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Sorry, I didn't get it, or see the movie.
I happened to see a formation of about 50 of them quickly and silently ride through a nightly Christmas market in Aarau Switzerland. Impressive.



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bigwheelzip said:
Sorry, I didn't get it, or see the movie.
I happened to see a formation of about 50 of them quickly and silently ride through a nightly Christmas market in Aarau Switzerland. Impressive.

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early 2000's, walking in East Berlin in the early am after a night out with a West Berlin construction manager working with me on a project, and out of nowhere a gang of a dozen or so suddenly and silently appeared out of nowhere on black bycycles, wearing black cutoffs and leather vests. Buzzed blond heads, bulging biceps and calves, black backpacks, sheath knives on hips, circled us once with heavy eyes, than silently sped off.
My companion looked over and said "Werwolfs. Good thing we're white."
And explained they were a dangerous skinhead gang who ran drugs at night and on bikes so the police couldn't track them through the maze of streets and alleys.
 
LCC said:
early 2000's, walking in East Berlin in the early am after a night out ....
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Toured the east bloc in the early 80s, and one thing that seemed better before the fall of the Iron Curtain was totalitarian states were safer for tourists.



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