Comments on: Quick tip: Presta Lock-nuts Make Good M5 Spacers

By: KeLoLo

KeLoLo — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:31:09 +0000

Marvelous!!! Ingenious yet simple and very economical.

By: Cweber

Cweber — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:41:07 +0000

I’ve used them to shim disc brake calipers instead of a stack of those really thin washers. worked fine.
I’ve also used them on seatposts (2 bolt syncros style heads) when the bolts were too long and hit the bottom of the saddle. I just removed the bolts put them next to the bolt head and reinstalled.
I’ve tucked them into the frames of friends to drive them nuts too… hahahahahaha

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 16:02:37 +0000

I’ve done this before and it worked great. Good Idea.

By: JoelGuelph

JoelGuelph — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:00:55 +0000

It’s on my Devinci Phantom. Hand built in Canada!
http://www.devinci.com/

By: pedalmaniac

pedalmaniac — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 19:38:01 +0000

Excellent idea. Nice made in Canada sticker — what bike is that on?

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:03:38 +0000

I use a presta lock nut as a spacer on my seatpost clamp. Without the spacer the clamp would not tighten down enough around my seatpost. Enter presta spacer and the clamp now closes tight with room to adjust.

By: Choke

Choke — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 10:22:03 +0000

Good idea, but I’ve always just bend my cage around the derailleur clamp… I’ve never thought about using the same eyelets for fenders and racks. That IS a good idea.