Anyone have some imperial allen keys I could borrow?

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  • Hi,

    I have an old cinelli stem, i tryed my allen keys but could'nt find one to fit the bolt, so i went to condor and they did'nt have any keys whiched fitted. Then went to bikefix and they said i needed some imperial allen keys, i tryed my local hardware store and they did'nt havee any either.

    So do any of you have any i could borrow?

    Thanks

  • Need to adjust your tractor beam eh?

  • Erm.... not sure i understand what your saying....but yes i need to adjust my stem :)

  • Imperial Death Star!

    I hum this all day at work.. my colleagues love it..
    [ame]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Imperial_March[/ame]

  • if the bolt required an imperial allen key, why don't you swap the bolt for a normal one? happen to me before, just swap the bolt from another cinelli stem.

  • Ed, one day you´ll get a Cycling Oscar.

  • Got loads of the slags!

  • I have a set, you can borrow them if you like. Collect from West Beers

  • Or you can come to Brixton Cycles. We have some in our lending tool box.

  • Stop stealing my dates.

  • No. I still need to get you back for that time you made out with my boyfriend.

  • Cheers people, i can't just swap the bolt because i fitted the stem to my bike, used the slighlty wrong sized allen key, it then rounded off the bolt a little and now i can't get it out!
    I'l see what i can do today, and otherwise i will definetly take one of you up on your offer, i could'nt believe that evans, bikefix and condor all didn't have any!

  • Try a normal hardware store. I don't know of anything that's been Imperial on bikes for years.

  • Try a normal hardware store. I don't know of anything that's been Imperial on bikes for years.

    I'm going to clerkenwell screws, apparently they have them

  • Try a normal hardware store. I don't know of anything that's been Imperial on bikes for years.

    BMX stuff is often imperiel

  • Need to adjust your tractor beam eh?

    LOLOLOLOL, repped.

  • Buy a set of these... Essential...

  • i've got a set. n1.

  • No. I still need to get you back for that time you made out with my boyfriend.

    I'm having a memory failure about this. Ask him if I was any good. Feedback always appreciated.

  • clerkenwell screws is where it's at

  • I asked for a long allen key from there and they came out with something about a foot long.

  • you are so great guys!
    it seems, that i've got kind of the same stem and i'm just about to use it for my new build. now i could possibly fasten it ...
    clerkenwell screws, i'm coming!

  • ... but are you sure, that you need imperial ones? a standard 7mm should do the job: http://www.velobase.com/ViewSingleComponent.aspx?ID=3c3f47e5-d410-4170-9380-c60bd8d75db1

  • Try Wilkinsons. My local store have a set for 99p. They do both metric and imperial.
    Good old individual keys on a keyring. None of this cheapo fold-out-multitool you can get from poundland.
    Obviously you can get good multitools, just not for £1.

  • Buy a set of these... Essential...

    Condor sell this and have one in the lend box :-)

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Anyone have some imperial allen keys I could borrow?

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