Originally Posted by
non-fixie
I spent a few hours earlier this week going through my house in search of a 7mm allen key, couldn't find one, so decided to order a cheap set with every conceivable size, both metric and imperial.
The pliers were a tip from a fellow member. Made for bending jewelry, they also seem to be well-suited for dimpling metal fenders. Thanks,
Nemosengineer!
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spent a frustrating day in Seattle searching for a seven mm to do the 3TTT Gran Prix stem on the Raleigh Pro had borrowed for the trip in MCMLXXI
was getting ready to return home to CA the next day and me conveyance required partial disassembly of the cycle
metric was "somewhat peculiar" in the U.S. at that epoch...
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