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My friend found this on his garage floor the other day, and has no idea where it might have come from, can you help? (or just entertain with silly suggestions). He's a keen cyclist (mtb/gravel/tandem), so assume it might have fallen off one of the bikes, as his trade as a chippy, I wouldn't expect it to have fallen off a door or 2x4.. but you never know

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Posted : 15/06/2022 11:46 am
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TBH thinking about it, it may have fallen off his garage DOOR for all we know..


 
Posted : 15/06/2022 11:52 am
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It looks like a stop that fit onto the end of a cable so more likely a garage door.  Can't think where it would go on a bike


 
Posted : 15/06/2022 11:54 am
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Imitiation frog leg cantilever straddle cable stop? The sort of thing that lodges into the brake arm here:

https://www.pinkbike.com/buysell/2061165/


 
Posted : 15/06/2022 12:00 pm
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Definitely a cable nipple.
Where it is from, who knows. What doesn't work anymore in his garage?
Tandems often require odd parts, so that would be the first place I'd look.


 
Posted : 15/06/2022 12:10 pm
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Yeah it'll be from some non-standard cable actuated thingy. Dropper post or remote lockout or something. I had something very similar on my Canyon Shapeshifter thingy. Equally could have come from the garage door / car boot release etc.


 
Posted : 15/06/2022 12:11 pm
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thb after posting, the garage door thing just hit me, as I know it a cable operated one... it'll be disappointing, if I've gotten it right

He not got any old kit, as he's not a classic buff, but I assumed some sort of cable stop thingy..


 
Posted : 15/06/2022 12:12 pm
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It looks like a heavy duty version of a cord stopper you might get on a rucksack.

the garage door thing just hit me,

See a doctor if you start to feel dizzy or disorientated.


 
Posted : 15/06/2022 2:38 pm
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My garage door is a flippy over the head one with a twisty handle thingy on the inside. Pretty sure it has doodahs like that on it.


 
Posted : 15/06/2022 2:41 pm
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Its a grub screw cable stop/joiner, seen similar used to connect cable runs on tandems and I guess it could also be cable stop for a garage door so take your pick


 
Posted : 15/06/2022 2:56 pm
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Mystery solved. Turns out it was part of a ortlieb handlebar bag mounting kit
something like this


 
Posted : 23/06/2022 7:35 pm
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STW and no one got the right answer shock!!! 😲😳😳

That said the Ortlieb spare parts website is nerdtastic


 
Posted : 23/06/2022 9:38 pm
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Thats some pebble collection 😯


 
Posted : 23/06/2022 10:54 pm
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STW and no one got the right answer shock!!! 😲😳😳

STW and no one pulled the OP up about the incorrect use of 2X4 shock!!! 😯😳😳

Standards be slipping!! 😆


 
Posted : 24/06/2022 6:43 am
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que?


 
Posted : 24/06/2022 8:56 am
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I thought 2x4 was an old drivetrain standard.


 
Posted : 24/06/2022 11:45 am