A hacksaw I have, but no tap. How does one go about finding the right tap and learning how to use it? I have tapped internal (female) threads but never external ones.
At $9 + shipping from the UK, a tap would have to be very cheap and very easy to use to outweight this: https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/hub-spares/schmidt-allen-key-fitting-front-quick-release-skewer-for-75mm-oln-brompton-hubs/?geoc=US On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 11:04 AM lconley <lcon...@brph.com> wrote: > All you need is hacksaw and the proper tap to shorten a skewer. > > Laing > Cocoa, FL > > On Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 12:27:45 PM UTC-4, Patrick Moore wrote: > >> I forgot to add that, at least a few years ago, many bike shops had clots >> of old "10 speed" skewers hidden away in boxes and under workbenches; a >> couple of years ago I sold about 5 lb of these that I'd collected over the >> years. >> >> Tangent, but related: Does anyone know of an *allen head *skewer that >> works with the narrow, 74 mm hub on folders? >> >> On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 10:07 AM Jeremy Till <jerem...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> For a while Merry Sales/Soma was selling a good quality 120mm skewer >>> with an enclosed cam and stainless steel faces. I bought one when I had my >>> Quickbeam (circa 2014) but they seem to have disappeared since then. >>> Probably rarer then hen's teeth but there are a few out there. Other than >>> that, finding a skewer from a good old 120mm road hub might be your best >>> bet. >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/99791840-b5a7-4875-8e70-2198d93e15a9%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/99791840-b5a7-4875-8e70-2198d93e15a9%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgsbga7CeyXA8ZvLkAmEXBN2X5qHOc3jnNteV%2B_JPg%3DezA%40mail.gmail.com.
