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what size is a typical axle nut?
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. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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what size is a typical axle nut?
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. nate Make it a crescent wrench & you're covered. |
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what size is a typical axle nut?
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. nate In case you didn't know, it's possible to fix many flats without removing the wheel. |
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what size is a typical axle nut?
Peter Cole 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. nate Make it a crescent wrench & you're covered. OK, I'm not really a weight weenie, but that seems a little excessive I have a couple cheap metric wrenches that I got with lots of yard sale tools that had other stuff I wanted in them, and they weren't awful enough to throw out, just wondering which one to toss in the seat bag. nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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what size is a typical axle nut?
On 3 Sep, 00:31, 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 typical axle nut isabout 5'10" |
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what size is a typical axle nut?
On 3 Sep, 00:50, Nate Nagel wrote:
Peter Cole 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.. nate Make it a crescent wrench & you're covered. OK, I'm not really a weight weenie, but that seems a little excessive I have a couple cheap metric wrenches that I got with lots of yard sale tools that had other stuff I wanted in them, and they weren't awful enough to throw out, just wondering which one to toss in the seat bag. 15mm |
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what size is a typical axle nut?
On Sep 2, 6:31*pm, 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. 15mm. Same as most pedal flats. I've got the funny Pedros wrench that's 15mm on one side, and 32mm on the other. It's a headset wrench with a free 15mm as a feature! |
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what size is a typical axle nut?
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? * Like landotter says, it's most likely 15mm. The only bikes with nutted axles of other sizes I see anymore are ancient specimens with 14mm front nuts, or 9/16" rear and 1/2" front, etc. There have been some not-ancient BMX bikes with 17mm nuts on 3/8" axles, but these are uncommon. Lots of relatively nice bikes are coming with M9x1 and M10x1 track nuts these days, because they are ersatz "track" bikes or their single- speed cousins. Chalo |
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what size is a typical axle nut?
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/TL9013.jpg. -- Tom Sherman - 42.435731,-83.985007 Celebrity culture is an opposite of community, informing us that these few nonsense-heads matter but that the rest of us do not. - Jay Griffiths |
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what size is a typical axle nut?
On Sep 2, 8:47*pm, Chalo 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? * Like landotter says, it's most likely 15mm. *The only bikes with nutted axles of other sizes I see anymore are ancient specimens with 14mm front nuts, or 9/16" rear and 1/2" front, etc. An exception is Miche track hubs, which can have 14mm front or rear. A friend of mine had a rear with one 15mm and one 14mm from the factory. I didn't even know you could get a 14mm 10x1 track nut, but the Italians can. |
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