FW: [CR]Most common taps for bikes

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From: "Ken Freeman" <freesound@comcast.net>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: FW: [CR]Most common taps for bikes
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:19:13 -0400
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Meant to reply to Tom and the List -- Ken Freeman "it's still early in" Ann Arbor, MI

-----Original Message----- From: Ken Freeman [mailto:freesound@comcast.net] Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:17 AM To: 'Tom Sanders' Subject: RE: [CR]Most common taps for bikes

The fender eyelet threads are the same as bottle bosses, and the same as the toeclip screws on Campy Record Strada pedals of the on-topic period. I use the same screws for all three applications.

Ken Freeman

-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of Tom Sanders Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 11:01 AM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: [CR]Most common taps for bikes

Steve Maas wisely counseled in a recent post to keep a few of the most common taps used on bicycles around. I have a set of 9/16" pedal taps, and one that is the same size (don't recall the size right off the top of my head) as water bottle boss threading. Are the threads in eyelets generally the same as for a water bottle boss? What other taps might the more mechanically minded readership recommend having in one's tool chest? I sure have gotten good use from the pedal taps. It often seems that once a bike has had Japanese pedals installed, the crank arms need to be chased out for Campagnolo pedals to fit back in without forcing them..
Tom Sanders
Lansing, Mi