Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - My Mole Grips

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onelesscar
04-22-05, 03:56 AM
i dont start threads very often, but my friend made me these punk rock DIY mole grips, and i think they deserve their very own thread.
i mean look at 'em, he's welded on a 5mm allen key, and a couple of screwdrivers. the've even got an H for my name!
molegrips are my favourite tool ever!

ofofhy
04-22-05, 07:02 AM
That's the first I've ever heard them referred to as "molegrips".
onelesscar
04-22-05, 07:08 AM
what do u call em?

mcatano
04-22-05, 07:18 AM
Vise grips.

m.
andygates
04-22-05, 07:47 AM
Well they're mole grips over here, old chap. Damned Yanks!
jinx_removing
04-22-05, 07:48 AM
Freakin' Limey's! Why do you all have to have funny names for everything? :p :D
Momentum
04-22-05, 07:53 AM
Dude - they are really cool . Look like the tool version of a triceratops
onelesscar
04-22-05, 07:56 AM
Well they're mole grips over here, old chap. Damned Yanks!

quite right that man!one must never travel without ones molesgrips.
jinx_removing
04-22-05, 08:10 AM
While it is a pretty cool tool I can't really think of anything I would want to use vice(mole) grips for on my bike. I wouldn't go anywhere near my track nuts with those.
cavit8
04-22-05, 08:50 AM
Are they called mole grips because you pull the moles out of their holes with them?
andygates
04-22-05, 08:56 AM
No idea, old bean. Nor has Google or Wikipedia. A bit of a mystery, what?
onelesscar
04-22-05, 09:00 AM
my mate calls them moles t1ts, but he's just a bit strange.
FixednotBroken
04-22-05, 09:31 AM
While it is a pretty cool tool I can't really think of anything I would want to use vice(mole) grips for on my bike. I wouldn't go anywhere near my track nuts with those.

they work pretty well on stripped spoke nipples...
shot
04-22-05, 09:37 AM
my mate calls them moles t1ts, but he's just a bit strange.


they work pretty well on stripped spoke nipples...
Molenips??
onelesscar
04-22-05, 09:49 AM
not bad
flythebike
04-22-05, 10:42 AM
Go throw 'em in your boot already.
FixednotBroken
04-22-05, 10:44 AM
Go throw 'em in your boot already.

do you mean the one in the lorry? next to the bobby sitting on the rubbish bin? bollocks, innit!
flythebike
04-22-05, 11:05 AM
Yeah I keep mine in the boot next to my spanner. If I have to stop at a phone box, I can get them both quickly that way.
*new*guy
04-22-05, 11:18 AM
moley, moley, moley-grips.
daveIT
04-22-05, 12:02 PM
Looks like the world's largest roach clip...I hope you don't smoke "****" with that thing

Dogs Bollox!
onelesscar
04-22-05, 01:30 PM
its all gone a bit pete tong here
powers2b
04-22-05, 02:11 PM
I suppose if you are on your Jacks it might come in handy.

Enjoy
Serbaside
04-22-05, 02:29 PM
Well "Vise Grip" is a trademarked name
flythebike
04-23-05, 07:47 AM
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388139/plotsummary
onelesscar
04-23-05, 08:41 AM
now that looks like a truely great film!
flythebike
04-23-05, 08:44 AM
Careful not to wear out your tyres on the way to see it.

What does on your jacks mean? And the Pete Tong thing, the film doesn't quite clairfy that either. I've got a Brit on my cycling club and my whole relationship is at stake here!
flythebike
04-23-05, 08:46 AM
Ah.

Pete Tong Adj. Wrong. Rhyming slang. Pete Tong is a well known and respected U.K. radio and club D.J.
onelesscar
04-23-05, 09:03 AM
you got it!
ever heard mc pitman? theres some good rhyming slang in there...
flythebike
04-23-05, 09:04 AM
Nah, never have.
onelesscar
04-23-05, 09:18 AM
he's crap really.
anyway, theres loads of stuff i read here i just havnt got a clue what it means coz its american. like all the types of beer...strange
flythebike
04-23-05, 04:11 PM
Pilsner lager stout blah blah blah just drink it.