Can't figure out why my selector is still showing up and I can't click it

//Create a select and append to menu
var $select = $('<select></select>');
$('#menu').append($select);
//Cycle over menu links
$('menu a').each(function(){
  var $anchor = $(this);
  //Create options that are those links
  var $option = $('<option></option>');  
  //Deal with selected option depending on current page
  if($anchor.parent().hasClass('selected')) {
    $option.prop('selected', true);
  }
  //option's text is the text of those links
    //Create options that are those links
  $option.val($anchor.attr('href'));
  $option.text($anchor.text());
  //append option to select
  $select.append($option);
});

//Bind click to the select
$select.change(function(){
   //Go to select's location
  window.location = $select.val();
});