Inner chainring spacers found! All hail McMaster-Carr!
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Inner chainring spacers found! All hail McMaster-Carr!
I'd been looking for a long time for some 1mm thick inner chainring spacers to tweak a problematic chainline. I don't think they exist, though--Loose Screws doesn't have them, Wheels Manufacturing seems not to make them, Quality Bike Parts doesn't have 'em.... Sure, you can get 1 mm (and thinner) MIDDLE chainring spacers, but they're a sloppy fit on the inner chainring bolt, since there's no nut.
Anyway, I finally thought to check the McMaster-Carr site. Sure enough, in the "shims" section they have round 1 mm shims with an 8 mm inside diameter--matching the chainring bolt--and a 14 mm outside diameter, which is a little bigger than necessary but doesn't hurt anything. They're stainless steel, and a bag of 25 cost $6 and change--a little over ten bucks with shipping added. I've used five, now have a perfect chainline, and now have 20 spacers left for other projects. Life is good.
Anyway, I finally thought to check the McMaster-Carr site. Sure enough, in the "shims" section they have round 1 mm shims with an 8 mm inside diameter--matching the chainring bolt--and a 14 mm outside diameter, which is a little bigger than necessary but doesn't hurt anything. They're stainless steel, and a bag of 25 cost $6 and change--a little over ten bucks with shipping added. I've used five, now have a perfect chainline, and now have 20 spacers left for other projects. Life is good.
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Yeah, McMaster-Carr is awesome. I found a bolt to replace a super record seatpost bolt there...and have 22 left over
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I bought some 3/32" stainless steel pop rivets from them that are perfect for head badges. I had to buy a box of 100, but they weren't expensive.
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To give parts and hardware a sporting change to escape to the wild, I try to do all my bike work on a stand set up on fairly tall grass.
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You gonna eat that?
Shipping? You must live in the boonies. There's a McMaster Carr in most decent-sized cities. There's one just south of downtown here in Fort Worth.
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Yes, Cabot, Vermont (pop. 1,213) fits that description.
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You gonna eat that?
Yes. Definitely.
I've never lived away from a major metro area. I sometimes forget that people do! I think the "smallest" city I've lived in was Troy, NY, which is not that big but when you consider the whole Albany-Schenectady-Troy region, it is a major metro area.
I've never lived away from a major metro area. I sometimes forget that people do! I think the "smallest" city I've lived in was Troy, NY, which is not that big but when you consider the whole Albany-Schenectady-Troy region, it is a major metro area.
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they have a call center in portland but no store.
I have tried ever store in town and no one knows what these are other than bike shops
also a good source for the hard to find sized band on your rollers, just check the PU o-rings
I have tried ever store in town and no one knows what these are other than bike shops
also a good source for the hard to find sized band on your rollers, just check the PU o-rings
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Actually, I have a very nicely finished basement workshop with linoleum flooring. The box held 25, I used one and put one in my spares box.
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Maybe it's lost in the grass over here at my place.
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