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what size is a typical axle nut?
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. nate Well if you're into damsels in distress, you've got to make sacrifices. It's one thing to carry a wrench for your own bike, another to cover anything you happen upon. Personally, I carry no tools, save a tire iron & patch kit, spare tube or 2 and a frame pump. I could have probably rescued your damsel. |
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On Sep 2, 11:58*pm, Peter Cole wrote:
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. nate Well if you're into damsels in distress, you've got to make sacrifices. It's one thing to carry a wrench for your own bike, another to cover anything you happen upon. Personally, I carry no tools, save a tire iron & patch kit, spare tube or 2 and a frame pump. I could have probably rescued your damsel. That's my usual kit as well, plus a multi-tool, but since my bike has no hex fasteners at all save for the nuts holding the rack to its straps the multi-tool only has hex keys. I figure carrying cone wrenches is pointless - if I need a cone wrench I probably need bearings as well, and I'm not about to start carrying a jar of ball bearings and a tube of grease "just in case" I'd probably have stopped if it were a guy as well, but most guys on bikes seem to go for more of the Trek Madone kind of thing so it wouldn't have been an issue nate |
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On 3 Sep, 14:57, N8N wrote:
On Sep 2, 11:58*pm, Peter Cole wrote: 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.. nate Well if you're into damsels in distress, you've got to make sacrifices. It's one thing to carry a wrench for your own bike, another to cover anything you happen upon. Personally, I carry no tools, save a tire iron & patch kit, spare tube or 2 and a frame pump. I could have probably rescued your damsel. That's my usual kit as well, plus a multi-tool, but since my bike has no hex fasteners at all save for the nuts holding the rack to its straps the multi-tool only has hex keys. *I figure carrying cone wrenches is pointless - if I need a cone wrench I probably need bearings as well, and I'm not about to start carrying a jar of ball bearings and a tube of grease "just in case" I'd probably have stopped if it were a guy as well, but most guys on bikes seem to go for more of the Trek Madone kind of thing so it wouldn't have been an issue an oil can is a valid carry. |
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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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what size is a typical axle nut?
On 3 Sep, 01:47, 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. *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 Also 0.6" which is a little over 15mm, a loose 15mm ring spanner will do the job here. A flat ring spanner seems best to carry for axle nuts. |
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what size is a typical axle nut?
On Sep 2, 4:31*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. I used to carry a 14/15 cone wrench - not for impressing the babes, but for adjusting a brake caliper that liked to slip. |
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what size is a typical axle nut?
On 3 Sep, 18:14, Still Just Me.
wrote: On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 07:31:17 -0700 (PDT), someone wrote: an oil can is a valid carry. What could you possibly need to oil on the fly? A damsel. |
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what size is a typical axle nut?
someone wrote:
On 3 Sep, 18:14, Still Just Me. wrote: On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 07:31:17 -0700 (PDT), someone wrote: an oil can is a valid carry. What could you possibly need to oil on the fly? A damsel. or in your case trev, a wingnut. |
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what size is a typical axle nut?
On 4 Sep, 04:25, Still Just Me.
wrote: On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 12:17:50 -0700 (PDT), someone wrote: On 3 Sep, 18:14, Still Just Me. wrote: On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 07:31:17 -0700 (PDT), someone wrote: an oil can is a valid carry. What could you possibly need to oil on the fly? A damsel. That would be a different type of lubricant. Almond oil serves all in an emergency. |
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