You know the thing - you need an "x" and the only way to buy one x is to buy a box of 200. For me, its grub screws - I'm grub screw rich. Anyone need a grub screw?
And what do you have 00's of when you only needed one - I'm up for swapsies.
Post mount adaptors - i don't remember buying any but I must have more than 20 in various sizes
Disc Brake rotors, I always seem to have every possible option under the sun apart from the one I need at that exact moment, so another one gets added to the pile.
Shims for old school brake callipers. Hundreds.
Spoke nipples, cable ferrules, any fixings bought from Screwfix
Circlips for Pace forks, Pace wanted lots of money so that big bag from engineering shop was only slightly more than buying two from Pace.
This is what is stopping me buying 200 roll pins in assorted sizes just for the one I need.
Circlips, washers, split pins, springs. I have several selection boxes of these, but still fail to find the size I want at times.
Chainrings. The posh ones on the bikes, and the stock ones they replaced, plus ones that were made obsolete by the move to boost, plus ones that were legit worn out that might (never) come in handy.
must be 2 dozen to cover 6 bikes
Biking gloves. Any spares I bought just vanished into various locations around the garage. I knew they were there, but it took me losing a single glove (now found...) to track them all down - at least, I think I've tracked them all down... Not helped by buying some to make up orders for free postage etc or simply just bargains.
8 pairs.
FFS I've only got two hands.
Is 12 hoovers too many?
I mean I've got 12 in my possession. 17 if I count the ones I've loaned (mostly permanently) to other people.
Grommets for metal electrical back boxes. Next time I have an electrician round to do any work, he's getting gifted a box of 200 198 of the things!
Also spoke nipples. When I reuse hubs on new rims I just chop the spokes. New spokes I buy tend to come with new nipples but I can't bring myself to throw the old ones.
Is 12 hoovers too many?
I mean I've got 12 in my possession. 17 if I count the ones I've loaned (mostly permanently) to other people.
That sucks.
Also spoke nipples.
More specifically for me, DT Squorx alloy nipples. DT rims are supplied with them along with the washers, but I always substitute in the brass equivalent. Can't bring myself to get rid of them though.
Tools. Engineer cabinet drawer full of spanners and sockets. Other one is full of pliers,cutters and snips. Other cabinet is woodworking router cutters(about £2k worth) and chisels, about £1k worth.
And routersx3 pro drillsx4 sanders x4 every bloody woodworking machine you think you might need. AND i need more. I need a new 14" bandsaw(£1200) New tablesaw(£900 or £1200) Domino jointer(£900) and replace my tracksaw that cost £650, with a different one that costs £900.
Then theres the bikes and bike stuff. 4 bikes, two of them Ebikes. 6 sets of wheels-26",27.5" and 29" Loads of new Hope stuff. Brakes, hubs, everything they did from yesteryear that fills to very large storage boxes. Bars, cranks drivetrain stuff, much of which is new.
Yes , i know ive got a problem 😆
Also spoke nipples.
More specifically for me, DT Squorx alloy nipples. DT rims are supplied with them along with the washers, but I always substitute in the brass equivalent. Can't bring myself to get rid of them though.
The alloy ones are actually OK. My commute bike has been through 3 winters with them, and although I don't ride on the worst days, they've seen damp and salt. Whatever coating they put on them really seems to do the job.
(Sorry, wildly off topic).
The inner tubes I keep putting to oneside to fix/check on a rainy day. I tidied the shed at the weekend as well and found more....loads more!
And I typically do not really get punctures just the one or so a year.
So these have been put aside for quite a while.
The alloy ones are actually OK. My commute bike has been through 3 winters with them, and although I don't ride on the worst days, they've seen damp and salt. Whatever coating they put on them really seems to do the job.
(Sorry, wildly off topic).
Phew, thanks for that. I feel I'm in a safe enough place to admit I actually used the alloy ones to build a set of wheels years ago. Due to impatience and a lack of brass ones to hand. No issues, they work fine. But cos they're not brass I've never admitted that until now 🤣
Part worn bike tyres.
Yes!! "ah, there's a good few rides left in that one, I'll keep it just in case I need it/ completely rip open another tyre"
The inner tubes I keep putting to oneside to fix/check on a rainy day. I tidied the shed at the weekend as well and found more....loads more!
And I typically do not really get punctures just the one or so a year.
So these have been put aside for quite a while.
Donate them to a local Cub Scout group for "fixing".
26" tyres? dual ply ones at that
12 hoovers? wtf? why?
Lack of motivation...but suspect this is the wrong thread as I can't seem to get rid of it!
On a more on topic point, I seem to have collected a lot of broken bike bits that may be used for salvage to fix something down the line...except it never comes about that I need to salvage bits. All small and now out dated bits.
Similarly, I've a wee storage racking system filled with lots of wee bits my grandfather used when he was making stuff. That gene never got passed down and I can bear to throw it all away but it genuinely will never get used again - most of it is imperial-sized and very small!
Aware none of that is something I've bought multiples of for just 1, but it just seems to collect mass and never gets smaller!
Gray Lego.
grass clippings
Front mechs, gear outer cable offcuts ( all just too short to be the next short piece I’ll need) and jars.
Well, the garage seems full of bags of jars; jam jars, coffee jars, kilner jars , all over the bloody place. Mrs CFSB makes the odd bit of pickle and chutney. It seems that for every jar she gives away three empty ones appear and she never increases production.
There have been many discussions about what might happen to them, but I’m rapidly running out of room for front mechs.
Holly, massive bushes that have grown into trees and I've been chopping them with a saw, so I've got massive branches of cuttings in the garden. need to take full builders bags to the tip and repeat fills of the brown wheelie bin... I'm covered in scratches!
The various hex keys from flat pack furniture. Seem to have more of them than actual bits of furniture.
Shimano cable outer, I bought the big shop pack, it'll last me the rest of my life. Though at the same time it <is> only one.
(I still keep all the offcuts and spares and reuse old stuff whenever I can, it's an illness)
I once bought 100 x M4 bolts by mistake (meant to buy 10), there's 96 of them still in my garage somewhere. I keep buying frame plugs, washers, o-ring kits, straps and other stuff I'll probably never use but don't want to be without in case I ever do need them. I also partly blame AliExpress.
The irony is i genuinely did need a fair amount and this was significantly cheaper than buying a meter.
If anyone needs any earth sheathing (3mm)...
GT85. I used to use this plenty on bikes a long time ago before I knew better. I bulk bought. Now I have a dozen cans on the shelf which I will never use. Occasionally I use a little to clean up a presta valve thread that's a little corroded / gunked up.
Anyone want some of the old PTFE gt85?
Is the answer bananas?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r384ye7reo
Meant to order 380kg, instead ordered 380 boxes.
Whatever the answer is, it isn't money
The various hex keys from flat pack furniture. Seem to have more of them than actual bits of furniture.
Golder rule. They go straight in the recycling along with any crappy wall plugs and screws.
cable ends. I bought 500 'some time ago' they were dirt cheap, so I don't feel bad about it, but I'm never going to run out of the things.
The ability to procrastinate.
USB C to HDMI adapters and none of them do 4k @ 60 hz 🤬
Nail clippers? actualy, does having two pairs count as loads, because I have two pairs.... I had a good pair, could not find them, bought another pair of exactly the same, then found the first pair down the back of the sofa.
Other than that, I think I have more sports-related socks than I really need.
Slug traps. Ordered 20 and got delivered 400! Given loads away but still have around 100.
What planet are you from joshvegas? We come in peace!
I have pump adapters for rugby/football er balls. Bought a bulk pack.
The various hex keys from flat pack furniture. Seem to have more of them than actual bits of furniture.
Golder rule. They go straight in the recycling along with any crappy wall plugs and screws.
You say that but what if , in spite of decades of evidence to the contrary I need them one day?
Pint glasses, a mate pulled the plug on his pub and I just wanted maybe 5 but had to take them all over 150
I've given a few away and used one last night when cleaning out the Rancilio, still washed it out
The various hex keys from flat pack furniture. Seem to have more of them than actual bits of furniture.
Golder rule. They go straight in the recycling along with any crappy wall plugs and screws.
You say that but what if , in spite of decades of evidence to the contrary I need them one day?
Covered by my other excesses. Always buy a big box of screws and boxes of fischer duopower plugs now matter how few you need.
I lost the two screws for my Fox 38 mudguard. Managed to find out the correct size via Google, but could I find them for sale separately?
A bag of 100 later and it is fitted.
Covered by my other excesses. Always buy a big box of screws and boxes of fischer duopower plugs now matter how few you need.
B&Q sells loose screws like a pick 'n' mix, priced at how many you can fit into a baggie.
Me: "Challenge accepted."
I lost the two screws for my Fox 38 mudguard. Managed to find out the correct size via Google, but could I find them for sale separately?
A bag of 100 later and it is fitted.
What do these look like? I've been looking for some flattish screws for attaching mudguard flaps.
You say that but what if , in spite of decades of evidence to the contrary I need them one day?
I've had a box of general DIY odd-job tat from my mum's house for about 10 years. Being in a new build myself, I couldn't see a use for it and finally decided it's just taking up space, binned it.
The next week my niece moved into an old house with all kinds of odd-job DIY jobs needed 😐
Or hair....
Oh its very possible to have too much and and not have enough of it
Stuff I have loads of: plenty of bike-related bits and pieces, you never know when it'll be handy.
Stuff I have loads of that I can locate when I need a specific bike-related bit or piece: nothing.
Meant to order 380kg, instead ordered 380 boxes.
In the early days of internet grocery shopping my dad was a bit of an early adopter.
Amongst the things he regularly ordered were some particularly nice herby cod fishcakes. Usually sold in packs of 4
Doing his order one day he went to add the fishcakes to his basket - deciding to order 2 packs.
Having clicked '2' he realised they were actually on promo and were being sold as 2 packs for the price of one.
So he deleted '2' and typed '1'... he thought. But the text field was really small and only displayed one digit at a time.
Come delivery day 168 fishcakes arrived with his order 🙂
He's haddo-complete nightmare there
He had his fishcake and ate it.
Trainers not sure exactly how many pairs but I’ll buy more soon.
Yup, nuts and bolts as Screwfix is so cheap to buy them in 100s.
Coats of various types and styles despite normally wearing the same 2.
T-shirts but surely everyone has dozens of them.
I was leaving a show once, and there was a kid outside handing out tiny little spray cans of Three-in-One oil. He looked really fed up, and I asked how long he would be there. He said until he gets rid of all the oil so I offered to take a couple of cans off him. He said I could have boxes of the stuff if I wanted it so I left with four boxes of a dozen cans of oil. I have given out loads, but I have still got an unopened box of twelve sat on the shelf in the garage.
grass clippings
If you're allowed grass clippings, then I'll also add sawdust and wood bits from the wood turning. Bin bags full of the bloody stuff.
Lights - bike lights and torches. I basically can't resist a bargain and any time I see a light heavily discounted I buy it. I've even given a good few away but still have about 47 more than I actually need.
Film cameras.
I am not really a collector but often there is a camera of interest in a job lot. Lots of old cameras in various states of repair plus a few shelf queens.
He had his fishcake and ate it
he got bored of them after a while so actually the dog ate most of them 🙂
Allen keys. From sets I've bought over the years, and then all the flatpack furniture I've obviously bought.....
Do rucksacks count? I have got rid of some but still have 7. also 5 sets of panniers