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I use four Origen8 long end bars to get my Catrike's grips and brake
levers where I want them. For reasons I don't undertand, the Origen8
bar ends come with hard to find M7 bolts rather than the usual M6. To
make matters worse, the M7 bolts are either not Stainless Steel, or
not high quaity Stainless because they've rusted. I finally found some
M7 Stainless bolts from (where else) China and they were delivered
today.

$44.24 for eight 304 Stainless M7 bolts, including the two week
shipping costs.

--
C'est bon
Soloman
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Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

I use four Origen8 long end bars to get my Catrike's grips and brake
levers where I want them. For reasons I don't undertand, the Origen8
bar ends come with hard to find M7 bolts rather than the usual M6. To
make matters worse, the M7 bolts are either not Stainless Steel, or
not high quaity Stainless because they've rusted. I finally found some
M7 Stainless bolts from (where else) China and they were delivered
today.

$44.24 for eight 304 Stainless M7 bolts, including the two week
shipping costs.

--
C'est bon
Soloman

Do you not have a hardware store or bike shop that would sell such things?
I recently replaced some of the Allen keys I keep in the commute bikes, as
felt loose, aka worn out and are probably many years old.

So bought two parktool Allen key tools (from said bike shops as I was
passing) for the commuters as rounding bolts is such a royal pain!

Roger Merriman
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On 17 May 2026 19:52:00 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> wrote:

Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:

I use four Origen8 long end bars to get my Catrike's grips and brake
levers where I want them. For reasons I don't undertand, the Origen8
bar ends come with hard to find M7 bolts rather than the usual M6. To
make matters worse, the M7 bolts are either not Stainless Steel, or
not high quaity Stainless because they've rusted. I finally found some
M7 Stainless bolts from (where else) China and they were delivered
today.

$44.24 for eight 304 Stainless M7 bolts, including the two week
shipping costs.

--
C'est bon
Soloman

Do you not have a hardware store or bike shop that would sell such things?
I recently replaced some of the Allen keys I keep in the commute bikes, as >felt loose, aka worn out and are probably many years old.

So bought two parktool Allen key tools (from said bike shops as I was >passing) for the commuters as rounding bolts is such a royal pain!

Roger Merriman

M7 are hard to find. Stainless M7 even harder to find.

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C'est bon
Soloman
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On 5/17/2026 2:05 PM, Catrike Ryder wrote:

I use four Origen8 long end bars to get my Catrike's grips and brake
levers where I want them. For reasons I don't undertand, the Origen8
bar ends come with hard to find M7 bolts rather than the usual M6. To
make matters worse, the M7 bolts are either not Stainless Steel, or
not high quaity Stainless because they've rusted. I finally found some
M7 Stainless bolts from (where else) China and they were delivered
today.

$44.24 for eight 304 Stainless M7 bolts, including the two week
shipping costs.

--
C'est bon
Soloman

+1
Sevens are a pain here as well.
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