Irish Spring soap (shaved or grated) seems to deter mice. I had a nest in my AC unit beside the house, and one in my snowblower. (And we have cats!) A pile of soap shavings took care of them. They recommend the same for pop up campers that have lots of fabric to chew on. Maybe a cheescloth bag of soap shavings in the bag would work?
Marty On Monday, April 12, 2021 at 11:51:30 PM UTC-4 Robert Tilley wrote: > I had mice create a nest under the hood of my camper van. Since we’re in > SoCal the nuts of choice to store were from palm trees. I still have some > down in the engine compartment that I couldn’t get out with a vacuum. > > > > On tours I have had some animals chew through panniers I left outside of > my tent. I also had raccoons unzip my panniers to get food out. Raccoons > are definitely more considerate. > > I use a Middle Earth Jammer on one bike and really like the bag. Very > stable and it can hold quite a bit of gear. > > Robert Tilley > San Diego, CA > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 12, 2021, at 8:34 AM, Drw <drewbe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We have these weird mice in our area that only seem to care about > breeding and storing tree nuts. Not once have they gone for any human > food...the rats do, but not the mice. I keep several zippered bags in the > shed that have received no mice attention, but anything with an opening > becomes a nest. > > On Monday, April 12, 2021 at 7:33:38 AM UTC-7 weste...@gmail.com wrote: > >> FWIW, the only way to "mouseproof" a handlebar bag of any sort that is >> used on a bike shored in a rural shed is to remove it from the bike and >> take inside your house, where, presumably, the mice do not reside. >> >> If you ever carry food or other comestibles in your bag the smells will >> attract them even after the food is removed -- even through a zipper or a >> roll up flap. They'll then chew holes in your bag to get in if there's not >> a convenient opening, and then you're done for. >> >> :) >> >> Julian Westerhout >> Bloomington, IL >> >> >> >> On Sunday, April 11, 2021 at 10:42:02 PM UTC-5 Drw wrote: >> >>> I'm looking for a medium capacity handlebar bag with a few specific >>> requirements. >>> >>> -rackless/decaleurless >>> -larger than the little tube barrel style bags >>> -uses a zipper or multi roll closure >>> >>> The last requirement is on account that the bike gets left in a rural >>> shed and any bags with flap openings, like a carradice, become mouse nests >>> really fast (also if anyone knows how to keep mice out of nesting in lawn >>> mowers, that would be great intel). >>> >>> Id have bought the velo orange mini rando bag but its sold out. Open to >>> something bigger too, like a roadrunner jammer. Would like to keep it under >>> 100$ >>> >>> I have a honey brooks conquest, green guru triangle bag, soma osprey >>> handlebars if a trade is of any interest. Also happy to pay. >>> >>> email is Dr ewbeck meyer @gmail.com >>> Drew. Los angeles. >>> >> -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2d84763b-9740-4893-9df0-515adcb16978n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2d84763b-9740-4893-9df0-515adcb16978n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/95e2fd0f-266d-4401-bf98-fc800ab1fec9n%40googlegroups.com.
