What are these little things?
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What are these little things?
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.
...mark this down as a dumb workday winter thread.
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.
...mark this down as a dumb workday winter thread.
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Your missing one. keep digging. Change any brake pads lately?
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The long part isnt tubular. Its solid metal and is flat on all sides.
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I believe those are the three things you are to toss in the garbage when they're left on the floor after you move your bikes out of the room.
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Definitely unobtanium. You'll get the big bucks for them on the ebays.
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Heck put them on eBay.
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Wow, these look so much like the "runners" on the underside of my Apple wireless mouse, flanking the battery compartment.
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Fortunately, because you found three, at least one bike should still have one on the rim.
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I don’t know if you’re being serious or not, but how do they attach to a rim?
They look very small, my wheel building skills are not at a level that these would make any difference.
Just put them in the Box O’ Crap.
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Those are pieces of crap that need to go into the recycle bin. Be good. Have fun.
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