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Old 11-20-18 | 04:32 PM
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Bikes: 2009 Handsome Devil, 1987 Trek 520 Cirrus, 1978 Motobecane Grand Touring, 1987 Nishiki Cresta GT, 1989 Specialized Allez Former bikes; 1986 Miyata Trail Runner, 1979 Miyata 912, 2011 VO Rando, 1999 Cannondale R800, 1986 Schwinn Passage

Originally Posted by Lascauxcaveman
I am pretty handy with a knife. So, yeah, don't piss me off when I'm cooking.

But what you're seeing on the rack there is what me and my Dremel tool came up with one night when I realized I had no 10mm, 12mm, 14mm and whatever size a head set nut is and I was trying to tear apart a couple old bikes. Base metal knives from the dollar store can be readily converted to useful wrenches and whatnot if you're not shy and have a steady hand and a Dremel. At that time I wasn't quite aware exactly of what tools I needed to work on bikes. So I just cut sections out of those cheap knives as needed, until I had the wrench to do what I wanted to do. Many brake calipers and headsets have yielded to them and been reset in the last couple years.

​​​​​​​ Since that night, I've acquired a lot of proper wrenches as well, but sometimes these old improvised things still come into play.
It slices, it dices, it juliennes and you can even set your old headset with it! Now how much would you pay?
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