I hadn't tried them in a while but a few years back I went to Home Depot by my old house and they were pretty well stocked up with all sorts of socket cap hex bolts that were useful on bicycles, so I stocked up. I never bought an M6, I guess, because I didn't have one in my collection big enough for the binder bolt.
You're right though, this time they sucked. They didn't even have any M6 nuts. There was a space for them but they were sold out. They had the Nyloc kind but I wasn't about to use those. Lowe's had the nuts, and also an M6-25. I used that rather than a 20. Maybe could use a 20 and it would mount flush. the 25 sticks out about an eighth of an inch, which is not a big deal to me. In case you were wondering about the Why, I sheared off the binder bolt on my Redwood a couple of years back. Ever since then I have switched the binder bolt back and forth between my Custom and my Redwood depending on which I wanted to ride. I finally decided this was a completely ridiculous situation and to do something about it. On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 7:00 PM, Bill Lindsay <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > In my experience, both Home Depot and Lowes suck for bicycle fasteners. > Home Depot sucks way more than Lowes, but both are pretty useless. A > proper fastener store is best for having everything, but they often hate > you if you are only buying 1. Ebay has essentially everything, but > sometimes you have to buy a bag of several. M6x1.0mm 20mm length is > something you may use on other things: a stem bolt, mounting a cantilever > brake, on some Riv rack eyelets. A bag of 10 for $5.65 shipped is what I'm > seeing from this vendor: ebay link > <https://www.ebay.com/itm/6mm-M6-x-1-0-Stainless-Steel-SOCKET-HEAD-Caps-Screws-DIN-912-A2-18-8-Coarse/112432406051?hash=item1a2d7e5e23:m:m0XeLjrPfZK-kGEgIjq4OOQ> > > > That way you don't even need to leave your home. Stock up on all the > common sizes and shop from your own inventory. > > Bill Lindsay > El Cerrito, CA > > On Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 3:12:05 PM UTC-8, Jim Bronson wrote: >> >> Both Home Depot and Lowe's were sold out of M6-1.0 x20mm stainless socket >> cap bolts. Sigh. They had mild steel ones so I took those as a temporary >> measure. >> >> The Lowe's guy said he had a truckload of fasteners to unload and stock >> so maybe I'll go back later in the week. >> >> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 4:33 PM Bill Lindsay <tape...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> OK you were asking for the SIZE of the seat post binder bolt on a >>> Rivendell frame? Woosh! I missed that entirely. I guess size is one of >>> many specifications. I concur with Brendan that it's an M6. >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 2:26:34 PM UTC-8, Jim Bronson wrote: >>> >>>> Yes thanks that's what I was looking for. I'm going by home Depot on >>>> the way home. >>>> >>>> I won't use my torque wrench on it. Lol... >>>> >>>> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 4:19 PM Brendan McD <brenda...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>> It uses an M6 bolt and nut. I think the length of the bolt is 20mm, but >>>>> you may be able to get away with a shorter length. >>>>> >>>>> I broke my binder bolt on tour and stopped in a local hardware store >>>>> and picked up a few extras for a few dollars. I put a dab of grease on it >>>>> and haven't had any problems since. >>>>> >>>>> I was taught to tighten the binder bolt just tight enough so that you >>>>> can't rotate the seatpost in the seat tube, and that should be enough >>>>> torque to keep it from slipping vertically. >>>>> >>>>> Brendan McD >>>>> Portland, OR >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> >>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> signature goes here >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> -- >> ------------------------------------------------------------------ >> signature goes here >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ signature goes here -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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