The organizers only encourage the positive vibe with their omnipresent smile. The camaraderie among the riders is developed from the beginning itself when we meet at the pick-up point. The operational excellence was brilliant for every single ride. They will be a lot easier to work with at room temperature because the insulation on the wires will be much more flexible.I've been with Icycle for three rides till date and each has been as adventurous as the other. NOTE: If you store your lights in a shed or unheated attic or anywhere else below room temperature, I recommend bringing your lights into the living area of your house a day before you hang them so they have time to warm up. I was able to do 120 feet with about $10 worth of stem wires. Moore I found packages of 20 stem wires for about $2 each.
Each 24 foot long light strip had 18 of each length of icicle, so I only needed 18 stem wires per 24 feet. The shortest icicles were only two lights long and did not need stem wires. When I trimmed them to fit the longest icicles the left over bit was long enough to do the medium length icicles. The stem wires I used started out 18 inches long.
I’m thinking maybe wrap them around a board. The next trick will be figuring out a way to pack them that does not bend the wires into little random shapes. It looks so much nicer than the random curves and bends. It was a bit of a pain to do this for each icicle, but didn’t take that long and they hang nice and straight now. At the bottom I put another 180 degree bend, followed by a 90 degree bend and then closed it around the icicle wire again. Then I wrapped the icicle around the stem wire. I started by putting a 180 degree bend in one end and crimping it to one of the horizontal wires. That seemed like it would work, but in the end I used stem wires which are 18 gauge wires designed to hold flower stems straight.
What caught my attention though was the guy who used small wire ties to connect each icicle to a large wire tie. One person talked about cutting acrylic into strips and using twist ties to connect each icicle to one strip. Some suggest hanging them inside with weights and using a hairdryer to warm them. This being late November in New England, the high today was 43 degrees. Of the people with suggestions, most just say to hang them when it’s warm out. Most people seem to think you shouldn’t worry about it because from the road no one will notice. How do you get these Christmas icicle lights to hang straight!? A little searching around the net provides some suggestions.
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