Mudguard Mounting Bolts

"Sheldon Brown" wrote in message
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Someone wrote:

Thanks guys, I guess I was looking to purchase the items as a complete
unit
which seemed a nice easy way. Like you rightly say it is just as easy to
purchase the components and make them up myself. Nice if I could find
some
stainless saddle washers though.

The "saddle washers" are generally aluminium, available at any decent
bike shop.

No point in doing these in stainless, the aluminium won't rust and it
is lighter.

Sheldon "Hardware" Brown
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Wow that caught be my surprise - a reply from Sheldon Brown. Thanks very
much for dropping in and taking the time to post a reply. It is much
appreciated.

On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:08:44 +0000, Tony B wrote:
The washers are available at local bike shops, maybe alloy rather
than SS though.

Every metallic object you can buy today is an alloy. Steel is an alloy
of iron, SS is also an alloy of iron, "Aluminium" for cycle parts is an
alloy, "Titanium" for cycle parts is an alloy. The pure metal of every
one of these is useless as a structural material, but can be very good
in alloyed form.

Which "alloy" did you mean?


Mike

Mike Causer wrote:
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:08:44 +0000, Tony B wrote:
The washers are available at local bike shops, maybe alloy rather
than SS though.

Every metallic object you can buy today is an alloy. Steel is an alloy
of iron, SS is also an alloy of iron, "Aluminium" for cycle parts is an
alloy, "Titanium" for cycle parts is an alloy. The pure metal of every
one of these is useless as a structural material, but can be very good
in alloyed form.

Which "alloy" did you mean?

My favourite's pedantumin

A

In article , Mike Causer
lid says...
On Wed, 21 Feb 2007 14:08:44 +0000, Tony B wrote:
The washers are available at local bike shops, maybe alloy rather
than SS though.

Every metallic object you can buy today is an alloy. Steel is an alloy
of iron, SS is also an alloy of iron, "Aluminium" for cycle parts is an
alloy, "Titanium" for cycle parts is an alloy. The pure metal of every
one of these is useless as a structural material, but can be very good
in alloyed form.

Which "alloy" did you mean?

Technically you're correct, of course, but everyone and his dog knows
that in a general non-technical context 'alloy' (or 'ally') refers to an
alloy of aluminium.

Quoting Mike Causer :
Which "alloy" did you mean?

You know the answer to that perfectly well. Why waste your time asking?
--
David Damerell Distortion Field!
Today is Leicesterday, February.

Ambrose Nankivell said the following on 22/02/2007 01:02:

My favourite's pedantumin

Not a rare alloy then? :-)

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

David Damerell wrote:
Quoting Mike Causer :
Which "alloy" did you mean?

You know the answer to that perfectly well. Why waste your time asking?

Because pedantry excels where others can't be arsed :-)

Of course, pedants are not only incredibly tedious but also invariably
correct. To the 'kin nth degree. So from now on I shall endeavour to use
the term "alu" as a generic term for everything aluminium alloy-esque
although no doubt every one else (pedants aside) will get through life
quite happily using the generic term "alloy".

Interestingly, the pedant was quite happy to accept SS as meaning
stainless steel and not Steam Ship or social security or solid state or
any one of 272 common meanings for the acronym SS listed at
http://www.acronymfinder.com good grief where does it end...

Tony B

"Günther Schwarz" a écrit:

This thread gives me the opportunity to ask if the Sheldon
nuts are already available:

http://sheldonbrown.com/lasvegas/2006/pages/sheldon-fendernut-text.html

If the answer's no, Gilles Berthoud has something that should do the same
job:

http://www.gillesberthoud.fr/accessoires/index.php

The catalogue browsing is a little cumbersome. The simplest way to find them
is to enter the following codes in the search box:

189ECR101/L

189ECR101/L30

189ECR101/C

189ECR101/L22


James Thomson

On 2007-02-22 08:04:39 +0000, Paul Boyd usenet.dont.work@plusnet said:

Ambrose Nankivell said the following on 22/02/2007 01:02:

My favourite's pedantumin

Not a rare alloy then? :-)

Scattered everywhere on this group.
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Three wheels good, two wheels ok

www.catrike.co.uk

On 2007-02-21 13:52:58 +0000, "Præthön" praethonatnerdshackdotcom said:

Hi, does anybody know a supplier in the UK for stainless mudguard mounts. I
am after the bolts for the seat stay bridge and the fork crown. Sheldon
Brown sell them (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/fenders.html) but
unfortunately don't ship them to the UK unless you spend over $100. There is
a picture of the parts on the website, numbers BO6025 6 x 25 bolt for seat
stay bridge & BO6045 6 x 45 bolt for fork crown.

Thanks

Any good hardware store, also you will find good stainless steel will
last better than anything
else with a similar price, if you do go alluminium then make sure it is
anodised.
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Three wheels good, two wheels ok

www.catrike.co.uk