This looks a bit better than the harbor freight type set I had a few years ago. That one was so poor, that I ended up breaking 3 or 4 taps, and giving the set away.
Since some bike threads are not standard for bolts etc, I've bought just the sizes I need. And I almost always go for at least decent quality. I find that the good ones work better, and break less often. While getting an M5 screw remnant out is just tough to be annoying, getting a broken M5 tap out is pretty miserable (Insert you own colorful language for "pretty miserable" )
Besides, the machining supply places have lots of usable stuff, often for much less than a bike specific place would charge.
Steve Birmingham Lowell,Ma USA
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 14:19:50 -0400 From: John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net> Subject: RE: [CR]Most common taps for bikes Message: 14
I tried a tap I know is the right one for water bottle bosses (M5x0.8)
in
some fender eyes on a better quality bike and it is indeed the same.
However, I see cheaper bikes with punched holes and another with M6
holes.
You can be sure that there will always be some tap you find you need and
don't have and you'll spend a lot of money buying them piecemeal. For
$17
you can buy a 60 piece SAE/Metric tap and die set from Harbor Freight
http://www.harborfreight.com/
John Betmanis <johnb@oxford.net>
Woodstock, ON Canada