RE: [CR]Most common taps for bikes

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From: Kyle Brooks <kyle-chrisbrooks@earthlink.net>
To: "Tom Sanders" <tsan7759142@sbcglobal.net>, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: RE: [CR]Most common taps for bikes
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 12:25:04 -0400


See Sheldon Brown's website -- under Bike Glossary, and Threading Systems

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_ta-o.html#threading

He has descriptions of most of the threaded parts on bicycles, including some of the obsolete systems. And yes, the water bottle bosses are usually the same size and threading as rack/fender eyelets, and also shift lever bosses.

Kyle Brooks Akron, OH


> [Original Message]
> From: Tom Sanders <tsan7759142@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Date: 8/27/2006 11:01:05 AM
> Subject: [CR]Most common taps for bikes
>
> Steve Maas wisely counseled in a recent post to keep a few of the most
> common taps used on bicycles around. I have a set of 9/16" pedal taps, and
> one that is the same size (don't recall the size right off the top of my
> head) as water bottle boss threading. Are the threads in eyelets
> generally the same as for a water bottle boss? What other taps might the
> more mechanically minded readership recommend having in one's tool chest?
> I sure have gotten good use from the pedal taps. It often seems that once a
> bike has had Japanese pedals installed, the crank arms need to be chased
> out for Campagnolo pedals to fit back in without forcing them..
> Tom Sanders
> Lansing, Mi