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Old September 3rd 09, 03:38 PM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Default what size is a typical axle nut?

On 3 Sep, 02:39, Tom Sherman °_°
wrote:
Nate Nagel wrote:
just curious, stopped to help a lady the other night with a flat but I
couldn't because neither one of us had a wrench for her nutted axles. *I
think the last time I had a bike without QRs was probably the X-mart BMX
I had as a kid. *13mm or other? *I don't carry any wrenches at all
because anything requiring a wrench on my own bike is likely not going
to get fixed at the side of the road. *Was thinking of throwing a cheap
wrench in my toolkit just for future incidents like this. *I know it's
silly but I just can't resist anything mechanical and busted.


A "peanut butter" wrench fits standard axle nuts:
http://www.bikeman.com/store/graphics/00000001/product_images/TL/TL90....


Is also good to remove tubs from rims (could also work as a tyre lever
with wired tyres with wide rims) and spread mastic or ther adhesive on
base tapes.
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