eeekkk, what is this part?

[eeksll]

Hello shed-ites ... been messing around with my bikes and found this on the ground, is it a bike part (thinking a campag chorus shifter)?

Its a small soft rubber part.



help much appreciated.

[Dragster1]

Cant really say where its from but it looks like an off cut of electrical wire insulation or the tube you get in the puncture repair kits with a smaller hole

[Leiothrix]

If that's from a puncture repair kit it is for a dunlop valve.

Not something you'll likely ever need.

[Dragster1]

If that's from a puncture repair kit it is for a dunlop valve.

yep! but the hole looks a bit small but you never know

[eeksll]

it may well not be a bike part, but cant really figure out what else it could be.

its really soft rubber, softer than an eraser.

[human909]

If that's from a puncture repair kit it is for a dunlop valve.

Not something you'll likely ever need.

It is this.

[rkelsen]

If that's from a puncture repair kit it is for a dunlop valve.

Not something you'll likely ever need.

It is this.

Did you guys happen to notice how small the hole is? If you actually tried using this with a Woods/Dunlop valve, you'd have a very difficult time.

I don't know what it is, but I can tell you that it isn't from a tyre valve.

[VRE]

If it wasn't for the length, I'd suspect it of being a cable doughnut.

[Mulger bill]

If that's from a puncture repair kit it is for a dunlop valve.

Not something you'll likely ever need.

It is this.

Did you guys happen to notice how small the hole is? If you actually tried using this with a Woods/Dunlop valve, you'd have a very difficult time.

I don't know what it is, but I can tell you that it isn't from a tyre valve.

Agreed, Woods Valve sleeves aren't coloured either, natural latex rubber.

[Dragster1]

If that's from a puncture repair kit it is for a dunlop valve.

yep! but the hole looks a bit small but you never know

Thought that before but saying that with all this dodgy Chinese stuff around.
I bought some nylon oil pressure line straight out of a sealed packet for the car and when I got home to fit it, it had no hole in it like whipper snipper cable LOL!.
Im leaning toward fine electrical cable insulation off cut or some type of fine spring dampner where it slips over the end of the tang. But im only guessing in this case.

[thomashouseman]

Yup, it's a pair of vernier calipers. Nice score!

/puts glasses on....

Oh, looks like a piece of rubber/plastic.

[Duck!]

That's not a bike bit. I don't know what it is, but I know what it isn't.

[VRE]

It's a reject from a local condom factory: it's pretty obvious one of their automation machines was badly calibrated .

[eeksll]

thanks guys, I am feeling much less concerned now.

I might just go and stare at everything outside to try and figure out what it comes from.

[Dragster1]

thanks guys, I am feeling much less concerned now.

I might just go and stare at everything outside to try and figure out what it comes from.

let us know when you find out I love Mystery Parts.

[eeksll]

IF i find out. I don't do any there except bike stuff.

I am very curious myself though.

[il padrone]

Woods valve seal




Rubber streeettttches

[Duck!]

Did you look at the pic that shows the bore up the guts? That's waaaaayyy too fine to be a Woods valve tube.

[gregaudio]

Hello shed-ites ... been messing around with my bikes and found this on the ground, is it a bike part (thinking a campag chorus shifter)?

Its a small soft rubber part.

Have you tried going for a ride to find out what doesn't work? Remember to test the brakes before you take off.

[eeksll]

yes i took it out for a quick ride after i finished playing with stuff.

[gregaudio]

Maybe your situation is different than mine. I share the space I service my bikes with my teenage son. He mainly uses that space to destroy his childhood toys with my Dremel.

If I were to do a brake or gear service on a bike and then find small plastic or rubber parts on the ground... I wouldn't even flinch.

[goneriding]

It appears to be the prop that you can use to discuss the following with SWMBO - "I think I'm going to need to upgrade my bike because they don't make this part anymore and it is critical to the function of said bike".

[il padrone]

Try this one out for a mystery part

[Tim]

IP, that is exactly the clip I have been looking for to mount a tennis racket to the handlebars.
Said tennis racket is for swatting aggro magpies.

[Mulger bill]

I thought it was the approved method of carrying a smartphone BITD...