SummitFever
Eats Squid
Don't really care if my bike is dirty or scratched, but I do have a strong dislike for any fasteners or hardware that looks like its been attacked by a ham fisted git.
The black alu air caps that come on pretty much every fork nowadays are particularly prone to looking like shite after being undone a couple of times. The specs also call for a crazy amount of torque (24Nm) for something that has a fine thread and an o-ring seal (eg. requires very little torque to seal properly).
Anyway, long story short, decided to machine a couple of 26mm sockets out of UHMWPE. One with 1/2" drive and one with 3/8" drive. They are no where near as strong as a metal socket, but I don't do the air caps up that tight.
The black alu air caps that come on pretty much every fork nowadays are particularly prone to looking like shite after being undone a couple of times. The specs also call for a crazy amount of torque (24Nm) for something that has a fine thread and an o-ring seal (eg. requires very little torque to seal properly).
Anyway, long story short, decided to machine a couple of 26mm sockets out of UHMWPE. One with 1/2" drive and one with 3/8" drive. They are no where near as strong as a metal socket, but I don't do the air caps up that tight.