How Many Bottle Openers?
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01-27-21, 10:15 PM
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I received this medal in the mail for finishing a ride, started to toss it in a drawer with others, but then I realized this is no trinket!
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Originally Posted by Koyote
I’m worried that titanium will be too flexy… When I open a beer bottle, I dial it up to 400 watts.
Srsly though, the release angle is great as is the leverage. Lots of bottle openers from companies are kind of junk....that one is one of my favs.
01-27-21, 11:45 PM
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Here's a couple(yep, a purple Paragon). I've got some Dillos from LaRue Tactical too. I just moved so now I'm rummaging around trying to find them all!
01-28-21, 09:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Koyote
If you give away the Campy corkscrews as gifts, I want to be your friend.
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Only one in the bike area really, but daily carry swiss army knife and Gerber multitool, and I have one of those bike shaped keychain bits that I only
now realized is a bottle opener.
now realized is a bottle opener.
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Originally Posted by HillRider
On a bit of a tangential note, does anyone have one of those absurdly expensive Campy corkscrews? Bonus points for having the gold one.
01-29-21, 02:53 AM
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You are allowed beer in the workshop?
But my wife told me only tea, or coffee if it is a special occasion.
But my wife told me only tea, or coffee if it is a special occasion.
01-30-21, 10:58 AM
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This Park tool lives near the mini-fridge in the room next to the garage/bike workshop.
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01-30-21, 11:28 AM
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I kinda like the King Cage version:
Then there's the easily accessible while you ride stem cap version.. but I suppose you have to work fast or you'll pour a bunch of beverage down your headtube.
Then there's the easily accessible while you ride stem cap version.. but I suppose you have to work fast or you'll pour a bunch of beverage down your headtube.
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02-01-21, 12:54 PM
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I did once work out how many bottle openers you could build into a bike and came up with 6ish, one or two dropouts with bottle openers, two SPD pedals, a headset spacer, a seatpost clamp, and a headset cap. I didn't know about the derailleur hanger or if anyone integrated an opener into a cage, saddle or accessory mount. As for off bike, I have one built into a belt buckle, a couple of multi tools and Swiss army knives, a Yakima key fob and some souvenir openers from visiting all the local breweries.
02-02-21, 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by SlowJoeCrow
I did once work out how many bottle openers you could build into a bike and came up with 6ish, one or two dropouts with bottle openers, two SPD pedals, a headset spacer, a seatpost clamp, and a headset cap. I didn't know about the derailleur hanger or if anyone integrated an opener into a cage, saddle or accessory mount. As for off bike, I have one built into a belt buckle, a couple of multi tools and Swiss army knives, a Yakima key fob and some souvenir openers from visiting all the local breweries.
It also depends how one defines a bottle opener. When I first visited Poland, back in 1996, hotel rooms were pretty basic but had both carbonated and non-carbonated water supplied in bottles with crown corks. No opener, though, so the wooden furniture was edged with 'bite' marks where people had put the edge of the bottle cap on the edge of the furniture and hit the cap smartly. I know, I did it myself. The point is that those steel front headlamp mounts were perfect for the task as well, or the steel saddle bag strap mounts on the back of leather saddles.
So another question is in how many ways can a bike be used as a bottle opener?
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02-02-21, 11:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Geepig
An interesting question, and potentially more if you are running an old steel bike with steel accessories.
It also depends how one defines a bottle opener. When I first visited Poland, back in 1996, hotel rooms were pretty basic but had both carbonated and non-carbonated water supplied in bottles with crown corks. No opener, though, so the wooden furniture was edged with 'bite' marks where people had put the edge of the bottle cap on the edge of the furniture and hit the cap smartly. I know, I did it myself. The point is that those steel front headlamp mounts were perfect for the task as well, or the steel saddle bag strap mounts on the back of leather saddles.
So another question is in how many ways can a bike be used as a bottle opener?
It also depends how one defines a bottle opener. When I first visited Poland, back in 1996, hotel rooms were pretty basic but had both carbonated and non-carbonated water supplied in bottles with crown corks. No opener, though, so the wooden furniture was edged with 'bite' marks where people had put the edge of the bottle cap on the edge of the furniture and hit the cap smartly. I know, I did it myself. The point is that those steel front headlamp mounts were perfect for the task as well, or the steel saddle bag strap mounts on the back of leather saddles.
So another question is in how many ways can a bike be used as a bottle opener?
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02-02-21, 11:39 AM
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Pretty much everything on a job site in the construction world is an opener.
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Some fun ones. Though I have to wonder about the propriety of a (beer) bottle opener on a tool for an AR-15.
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I have too many to count. Just about every tool in the tool box can open a beer. Here are a few: the campy dropout is over 35 years old and stays in my pocket every day, the surf board holds all the tool box keys, the Moosehead came in a twelve pack as a bonus, and the pliers are just one example of a tool from the tool box that will open a bottle. Smiles, MH
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02-07-21, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by WizardOfBoz
Some fun ones. Though I have to wonder about the propriety of a (beer) bottle opener on a tool for an AR-15.
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[QUOTE=Marcus_Ti;21898203]Paragon Machine Works does it better and in Titanium: https://www.paragonmachineworks.com/...e-openers.html
I bought one from Paragon, BT0002 - Titanium Bottle Opener, 15 mm Wrench , at the Indianapolis Handmade Bike Show years ago. Its very pretty.
I bought one from Paragon, BT0002 - Titanium Bottle Opener, 15 mm Wrench , at the Indianapolis Handmade Bike Show years ago. Its very pretty.
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I bought a bunch of these and give them out to the supporters and friends of our volunteer bike shop
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I have one bicycle themed opener:
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When I traveled to Rome on business and we went to see the Vatican over the weekend, there was a souvenir stand selling bottle openers with a plastic embedded photo of Pope John Paul II. A colleague coined it the "Popener" He bought a dozen for his extended family. I wish I had bought one just for the strangeness. Sorry, no photo.
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^ a fun project to crack open the plastic case, and replace the photo with your celebrity of choice, then re-cement the halves. Eddy Merckx?
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Originally Posted by dedhed
I'm going through my parents estate and have literally a box full of openers of all types. I've sold a few a keeping a few gems myself.
I run the beer tent at our church festival (well, pre COVID) and when the distributor drops the beer trailer it always has a box of openers/hats/shirts etc to give away, so I have plenty.
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I run the beer tent at our church festival (well, pre COVID) and when the distributor drops the beer trailer it always has a box of openers/hats/shirts etc to give away, so I have plenty.
Cast iron John Graf's
