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resolvedI have received my B&M Cyo premium dyno light doohickey in the post and am keen to get on with this. I'll need a longer bolt for the fork crown, as well as washers and such. Where do you all source such bits and pieces?
I have had limited success with B&Q etc in the past. Ebay? Begging at bike shops?
eBay is pretty good for nuts and bolts, all things considered. Mostly I buy stock from Namrick, though.
Go for stainless. On a bike it's not worth using anything else.
Things I use lots of like 12-25mm M5/M6 nuts/bolts I get in medium-sized packets from Screwfix or Toolstation. I'll get smaller packets of less frequently-required things like really long M5/M6 bolts from one of my boxes of random hardware, occasionally replenished by getting a smaller packet of something weird from Screwfix/Toolstation. The Bike Station sometimes has useful bits of metal/brackets/bolts if you need an official fork crown bolt with fancy rounded-faced bits.
Or rummage through the drawers in the bike station... Friendly LBS may help you out with a longer bolt for the fork crown for a donation to their beer / donut fund.
Thanks folks! I will just have to drop in to a big hardware store and see what's available.
I found that a coach bolt fitted nicely (M6x60mm IIRC) when I fitted such a light recently. The square end slotted into the light arm perfectly, with enough thread protruding to allow for the mudguard tab, washer and nut (lock nut in my case).
I've more than enough for you to have one, if this solution suits you.
Robert
@Roibeard I'd appreciate that if you've got one going spare!
Easy. Never throw anything away. Always strip bits from bits before throwing bigger bits away. Keep a box of those bits. Cannibalise them as required, but don't throw away the left over bits. Remember to promise self to clear out said boxes of bits. Never do so...
(And marry someone who also cycles who is prepared to celebrate your collection of bits).
@dougal I also have various bolts and washers and I think even a spare b&m fork mount himgme - one of which will almost certainly work. I'm based Southside but could happily take them with me tomorrow on my commute around 8-8:30 and meet you somewhere...
rbrtwtmn Easy. Never throw anything away.
Then you can have a full basement like the new LB shop :-)
I do have a few bolts and bits there too.
Truvativ Cranksets - slightly used.
Extra saddles - as new.
Childseats - co-pilot as new etc.
@rbtwtmn - someone who is prepared to celebrate your collection of bits is always good
I remember the day I first put spare bolts, washers and springs into a coffee tin. I had become my father, as he had become his before me.
What, all in the same tin? Not sorted into sizes?
My father was not of the washer-saving variety (my mother on the other hand has an extensive collection of different sized tupperwares so that nothing ever gets put in the fridge in the wrong sized container), but when we bought our first house it came with a shed and understairs cupboard which still had the labelled tobacco tins with various sizes of screws, bolts etc. of the previous owner (I also inherited his bike). We still have them although I think the collection has become much more extensive since then
@IWRATS you've just thoroughly depressed me - I did exactly the same thing a few weeks ago!
@nobrakes
It is our fate, but the next generation will just store moody photos of bolts on instagram.
they'll probably 3d print them when needed as well. So where will all the coffee tins go?
clearly coffee will either come in cups from the bearded barista at the end of every street where the paper shop used to be or from those disposable pod things.
Of course the 'proper' thing is screw top jars (you can see what's in them) with the lids screwed to the underside of shelves. (I once went to someone's amazing garage/workshop and that's the thing that impressed me most!)
I have some jars but not with the lids fixed anywhere.
I do have one of these which I would highly recommend.
http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/raaco-13-compartment-assorter-box-with-removable-inserts-qp43w
Many thanks to advice, tangents and @Roibeard who supplied a bolt he had hanging around. After a weekend away from my bike I finally installed the light and went for a night ride down to the Dazzle Ship last night. I recommend visiting it by night as it has retroreflective morse code blobs painted round its perimeter which you can decode (or read the information boards).
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