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SalsaShark 03-03-21 06:23 PM

Are they steel or aluminum?

seedsbelize 03-03-21 06:50 PM


Originally Posted by mstateglfr (Post 21946564)
You can see the scale compared to college rule lined paper.
They are metal and each has 2 tiny bumps along one side of the length.

Oh, and this isn't a contest where I reveal the answer. My wife found them between 3 bikes I am working on and I am dumbfounded as to what they are for.


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...27a666258c.jpg
...mark this down as a dumb workday winter thread.

Quoting to reveal pic.

mstateglfr 03-03-21 07:35 PM


Originally Posted by SalsaShark (Post 21951015)
Are they steel or aluminum?

steel

belacqua 03-03-21 08:52 PM


Originally Posted by iab (Post 21950330)
Those are called runners.

Also called "sprue," great word.

downtube42 03-03-21 09:00 PM

Throw them away, then you'll figure out what they were for.


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