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The bolts that are recessed are fine, and the quality of the machining looks fine, looks like they have used very high quality bolts too, bonus.
The price is understandable, the materials could cost £5 max, but the time/effort/machine time stacks up VERY quickly, even if they could do batchs of things (they probably have a decent computer programmable CNC that whacks off 50 bolts at a time in a tray (different cut for each)) it still is a lot of time.
Only thing I don't like is the external bolts, like the wheel nuts/QR's etc, do the shells of them freely rotate to avoid mole grip attack or am I missing something?
EDIT. bothered to read their blurb, and yup, QR's and solid nuts rotate to resist mole grip attack.
Love how there is even one for a chainring bolt, I've seen people nick random things, but a used chainring? thats pure desperation there.
I think if I was to bring a £1k+ bike into london, bare minimum it would be wearing would be a decent chain/fahg + A22 QR's, and some ball bearing bolt heads.
Good idea on the threading a smaller bolt into each allen head, certainly for 4,5,6mm bolts its easily possible in an evening to do all of them. OR how about inserting a m4,5,6 nut into each with some glue? easy enough to get out with the right threaded bolt, but a tealeaf would not be bothering. issue I see there is they just trash the bike instead of nicking it :/