Brake mounts (unused) - what alernatives to bung them up ?
Brake mounts (unused) - what alernatives to bung them up ?
The cheapest pair of rubber bung things I can find to put in my v-brake holes (I am using disc brakes) cost five quid for a pair?
Ludicrous.
It would be cheaper to get a pair of black nylon M8 x 12mm bolts and it would possibly look cooler.
Ludicrous.
It would be cheaper to get a pair of black nylon M8 x 12mm bolts and it would possibly look cooler.
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Re: Seriously five quid?
If you want cheap and awesome, superglue a pair of these onto some wood dowels
Re: Seriously five quid?
As suggested in another thread - for a couple of quid more you could fit a mini rack to them and they wouldn't look so superfluous.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MTB-Bike-Bic ... 2284797694
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MTB-Bike-Bic ... 2284797694
Re: Seriously five quid?
If you're being quoted a fiver you're looking in the wrong places...
I'd go with the googly eyes though.
I'd go with the googly eyes though.
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Re: Brake mounts (unused) - what alernatives to bung them up ?
Don't know, would nylon number plate screws be the same thread?
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Re: Brake mounts (unused) - what alernatives to bung them up ?
Black Bic biro end bungs and a dab of silicone?
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Re: Brake mounts (unused) - what alernatives to bung them up ?
I just used some stainless steel bolts, cost me less than a pound
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Re: Brake mounts (unused) - what alernatives to bung them up ?
cycle tramp wrote:I just used some stainless steel bolts, cost me less than a pound
+1 Some folk need to think outside the box
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Re: Brake mounts (unused) - what alernatives to bung them up ?
reohn2 wrote:cycle tramp wrote:I just used some stainless steel bolts, cost me less than a pound
+1 Some folk need to think outside the box
Yeah but red/blue Loctite/Bossil them in and tighten to 12Nm+, if one came loose it could lock up the front wheel.
I am just going to leave mine and let the elements ruin them.
Thanks to whoever renamed the thread properly, I posted in anger (at the price of 2 bits of rubber).
EDIT: Get these and spray them black
272272744177
£1.21 delivered
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Re: Brake mounts (unused) - what alernatives to bung them up ?
Just the job
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Re: Brake mounts (unused) - what alernatives to bung them up ?
Manc33 wrote:reohn2 wrote:cycle tramp wrote:I just used some stainless steel bolts, cost me less than a pound
+1 Some folk need to think outside the box
Yeah but red/blue Loctite/Bossil them in and tighten to 12Nm+, if one came loose it could lock up the front wheel.
I am just going to leave mine and let the elements ruin them.
Thanks to whoever renamed the thread properly, I posted in anger (at the price of 2 bits of rubber).
EDIT: Get these and spray them black
272272744177
£1.21 delivered
..... plus the cost of the spray paint and a suitable primer for plastic!
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Re: Brake mounts (unused) - what alernatives to bung them up ?
Manc33 wrote:reohn2 wrote:cycle tramp wrote:I just used some stainless steel bolts, cost me less than a pound
+1 Some folk need to think outside the box
Yeah but red/blue Loctite/Bossil them in and tighten to 12Nm+, if one came loose it could lock up the front wheel
Hmmm.... I think you're going to have to explain that one to me... as far as I can see both the brake pivots and front wheel are parallel with each other. So if a bolt does work loose and start to unscrew, It's just going to project forward a bit further but not into the path of the front wheel, as the direction of the unscrewing bolt will continue to remain parallel with that of the front wheel
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Re: Brake mounts (unused) - what alernatives to bung them up ?
cycle tramp wrote:Manc33 wrote:reohn2 wrote:+1 Some folk need to think outside the box
Yeah but red/blue Loctite/Bossil them in and tighten to 12Nm+, if one came loose it could lock up the front wheel
Hmmm.... I think you're going to have to explain that one to me... as far as I can see both the brake pivots and front wheel are parallel with each other. So if a bolt does work loose and start to unscrew, It's just going to project forward a bit further but not into the path of the front wheel, as the direction of the unscrewing bolt will continue to remain parallel with that of the front wheel
In theory but I wouldn't risk it. Or just use plastic screws that, if they get jammed up in between the front hub/fork or in the disc brake rotor, will get sheared apart instead of locking up the front wheel, or snapping a spoke, or breaking the disc rotor, or damaging the front hub.
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