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Quick boring question - I'm going over to a single ring on the front, and it seems the female part of my bolts will be too long. Can anyone suggest a cheap supplier of short/narrow bolts? I don't really see why they should be costing £13! The bodger in me wants to get some chunky spring washers to go where the outer ring would have been...
Cheers!
you can bogdge it with washers - I have
I did buy some short bolts from charlie the bikemonger
I have in the past:
[*]Used washers as suggested above.[/*]
[*]Cut the female nuts down with a saw (ooh er!)[/*]
[*]Used the female nuts that come with spare rear derailer hangers (LBS sorted me right out)[/*]
There is always a way... 🙂
Cool, thanks guys. A bag of alu M10 x 14 x 1.5 mm are washers winging their way to me for a fair bit less than £13 🙂
Our local supplier (Macadam Factors)sells packs of "Sprint" single-ring bolts, think they retail at a fiver.