In a moment of security madness, I bought skewers with pentagon (as opposed to standard allan hexagon) bolts. They came with a special pentagon key to undo them...
You can guess what happened next. For some reason I took this key off my keyring and put it somewhere safe - which means I'll never find it again. It would be nice to be able to replace the key without buying a new set of skewers - any idea where the ycan be found?
Cheers,
Ben
------------------------------------------------ Ben Barker Fitzwilliam College Cambridge
In a moment of security madness, I bought skewers with pentagon (as opposed to standard allan hexagon) bolts. They came with a special pentagon key to undo them...
You can guess what happened next. For some reason I took this key off my keyring and put it somewhere safe - which means I'll never find it again. It would be nice to be able to replace the key without buying a new set of skewers - any idea where the ycan be found?
In a moment of security madness, I bought skewers with pentagon (as opposed to standard allan hexagon) bolts. They came with a special pentagon key to undo them...
You can guess what happened next. For some reason I took this key off my keyring and put it somewhere safe - which means I'll never find it again. It would be nice to be able to replace the key without buying a new set of skewers - any idea where the ycan be found?
I have one I'm not using at the moment, but I'd need it back. You could get the wheels off though!
The bike thieves apparently nick them from the shops, these skewers coming attached to a piece of card with no protective plastic blister.
Thanks for the offer. Actually I don't need the wheels off right now, it just occured to me that the inability to do so, would, by the law of so, mean a p*ncture coming along any time soon!
Cheers,
Ben
Zog The Undeniable said:
Ben Barker said:
Hello,
In a moment of security madness, I bought skewers with pentagon (as opposed to standard allan hexagon) bolts. They came with a special pentagon key to undo them...
You can guess what happened next. For some reason I took this key off my keyring and put it somewhere safe - which means I'll never find it again. It would be nice to be able to replace the key without buying a new set of skewers - any idea where the ycan be found?
I have one I'm not using at the moment, but I'd need it back. You could get the wheels off though!
The bike thieves apparently nick them from the shops, these skewers coming attached to a piece of card with no protective plastic blister.
In a moment of security madness, I bought skewers with pentagon (as opposed to standard allan hexagon) bolts. They came with a special pentagon key to undo them...
Are you sure this is a pentagon, and not a set of Pitlocks, which have a unique key for each set? If it is a simple pentagon fitting, you could get the wheels off using a screwdriver and a hammer maybe. Put scredriver on one face of the nut and belt it with hammer. I doubt you would be able to get the nuts retightened by this method.
In a moment of security madness, I bought skewers with pentagon (as opposed to standard allan hexagon) bolts. They came with a special pentagon key to undo them...
Are you sure this is a pentagon, and not a set of Pitlocks, which have a unique key for each set? If it is a simple pentagon fitting, you could get the wheels off using a screwdriver and a hammer maybe. Put scredriver on one face of the nut and belt it with hammer. I doubt you would be able to get the nuts retightened by this method.
I know (and sell) the ones he means, they're an internal pentagon (otherwise a mole wrench would easily shift 'em). They're Tranz-X branded and I'm damned if I know where you'd get replacements because we only get them as part of a set. We don't even have a dedicated pentagon key for the shop, and yes, they *do* live behind the counter to deter thievery. Bike theft is bad enough, shoplifting is irritating, shoplifting to further bike theft really would be beyond a joke.
Your best bet is probably to file yourself a tool from a bit of scrap metal (make sure it works before you set off on a long ride). Alternately it's entirely possible to loosen those things by undoing the *non-bolt* side of the skewer with aforementioned mole grip. Difficult to get them tight that way though and you wouldn't want to do it as a matter of course.
In a moment of security madness, I bought skewers with pentagon (as opposed to standard allan hexagon) bolts. They came with a special pentagon key to undo them...
Are you sure this is a pentagon, and not a set of Pitlocks, which have a unique key for each set? If it is a simple pentagon fitting, you could get the wheels off using a screwdriver and a hammer maybe. Put scredriver on one face of the nut and belt it with hammer. I doubt you would be able to get the nuts retightened by this method.
I know (and sell) the ones he means, they're an internal pentagon (otherwise a mole wrench would easily shift 'em). They're Tranz-X branded and I'm damned if I know where you'd get replacements because we only get them as part of a set. We don't even have a dedicated pentagon key for the shop, and yes, they *do* live behind the counter to deter thievery. Bike theft is bad enough, shoplifting is irritating, shoplifting to further bike theft really would be beyond a joke.
Your best bet is probably to file yourself a tool from a bit of scrap metal (make sure it works before you set off on a long ride). Alternately it's entirely possible to loosen those things by undoing the *non-bolt* side of the skewer with aforementioned mole grip. Difficult to get them tight that way though and you wouldn't want to do it as a matter of course.
Best bet IMO is to buy another set off eBay for £10, or preferably two to have a /spare/ key as well.
Thanks - that's what I think I'll do. Sods law as soon as I get the new key, the old will turn up. But a spare set of slewers is always handy to have lying around anyway.
Cheers,
Ben
Pete Biggs said:
Marvin said:
John Hearns said:
On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:59:16 +0000, Ben Barker wrote:
>Hello, > >In a moment of security madness, I bought skewers with pentagon (as >opposed to standard allan hexagon) bolts. They came with a special >pentagon key to undo them...
Are you sure this is a pentagon, and not a set of Pitlocks, which have a unique key for each set? If it is a simple pentagon fitting, you could get the wheels off using a screwdriver and a hammer maybe. Put scredriver on one face of the nut and belt it with hammer. I doubt you would be able to get the nuts retightened by this method.
I know (and sell) the ones he means, they're an internal pentagon (otherwise a mole wrench would easily shift 'em). They're Tranz-X branded and I'm damned if I know where you'd get replacements because we only get them as part of a set. We don't even have a dedicated pentagon key for the shop, and yes, they *do* live behind the counter to deter thievery. Bike theft is bad enough, shoplifting is irritating, shoplifting to further bike theft really would be beyond a joke.
Your best bet is probably to file yourself a tool from a bit of scrap metal (make sure it works before you set off on a long ride). Alternately it's entirely possible to loosen those things by undoing the *non-bolt* side of the skewer with aforementioned mole grip. Difficult to get them tight that way though and you wouldn't want to do it as a matter of course.
Best bet IMO is to buy another set off eBay for £10, or preferably two to have a /spare/ key as well.
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Ben Barker said:
Hello,
In a moment of security madness, I bought skewers with pentagon (as opposed to standard allan hexagon) bolts. They came with a special pentagon key to undo them...
Are you sure this is a pentagon, and not a set of Pitlocks, which have a unique key for each set? If it is a simple pentagon fitting, you could get the wheels off using a screwdriver and a hammer maybe. Put scredriver on one face of the nut and belt it with hammer. I doubt you would be able to get the nuts retightened by this method.
That's a "Fail" for Portsmouth Dockyard Shipwrights Trade Test.
Now, a "Pass" is when the trainee shipwright puts the screwdriver to one side, and just belts the face of the nut with the hammer.
