Unidentified Wiggle Gift

jamesco
jamesco Posts: 687
edited May 2009 in Commuting chat
In the bag with the rest of my goodies from wiggle was a small (6cm or so) piece of aluminium that looked rather like a complicated beer bottle opener. Has anyone got one and knows what it is? First guess was that it might be wee tyre lever, but it looks to small to be useful. Maybe it is just a bottle-opener :roll:
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  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,714
    It's a bottle opener.
  • robmanic1
    robmanic1 Posts: 2,150
    Complicated?
    Pictures are better than words because some words are big and hard to understand.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/34335188@N07/3336802663/
  • jamesco
    jamesco Posts: 687
    Robmanic1 wrote:
    Complicated?
    Okay, maybe I'm a bit simple, but it looked complicated to me ;) Anyway, now I can stop wondering, cheers!
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    It`s a keyring.
    Smarter than the average bear.
  • robmanic1
    robmanic1 Posts: 2,150
    2 gifts in 1 :D
    Pictures are better than words because some words are big and hard to understand.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/34335188@N07/3336802663/
  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    I've also had one.

    I like beer 'n everything, but made me wonder why a cycle outfit would give away something that could be said to encourage drink-cycling.

    Halfords don't give 'em away do they, when you purchase car bits??
    "Bed is for sleepy people.
    Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."

    FCN = 3 - 5
    Colnago World Cup 2
  • cat_with_no_tail
    cat_with_no_tail Posts: 12,981
    I got one of these last year, then they started sending me mini bags of Haribo Tang-fastics instead, which was nice.

    Out of curiosity, what free gifts would you like to see Wiggle supplying with your orders? (obviously, it has to be cheap, no carbon frames or groupsets etc :roll: )

    yes, I am very bored at work this afternoon
    "Avan-TT"
    F*cking Fast 29er
    Rapid Rose Roady
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    Rockhopper Communter
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    Tyre levers.Which is what I thought it was anyway,or a water bottle.
    Smarter than the average bear.
  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    antfly wrote:
    Tyre levers.Which is what I thought it was anyway,or a water bottle.

    Nah, it's definitely not a water bottle.
    MTB commuter / 531c commuter / CR1 Team 2009 / RockHopper Pro Disc / 10 mile PB: 25:52 (Jun 2014)
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    It's a pony.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    Yep. Just whisper the correct magic word to it and POOF!
  • blu3cat
    blu3cat Posts: 1,016
    tardie wrote:
    Yep. Just whisper the correct magic word to it and POOF!

    Damn, gave mine to a friend. What the word, what's the word?
    "Bed is for sleepy people.
    Let's get a kebab and go to a disco."

    FCN = 3 - 5
    Colnago World Cup 2
  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    On the subject of beer, my favourite piece of bike kit.

    00009574.jpg

    Design genius :)
    Bike1
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N07/3258551288/
    Bike 2
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N ... otostream/
    New Bike
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N07/3479300346/
  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    Agent57 wrote:
    antfly wrote:
    Tyre levers.Which is what I thought it was anyway,or a water bottle.

    Nah, it's definitely not a water bottle.
    I feel like Ernie Wise to your Eric Morecambe.I`ll set em up...
    Smarter than the average bear.
  • Fireblade96
    Fireblade96 Posts: 1,123
    Out of curiosity, what free gifts would you like to see Wiggle supplying with your orders?

    Free beer obviously, to go with the bottle opener :lol:
    Misguided Idealist
  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    Christophe3967 wrote:
    On the subject of beer, my favourite piece of bike kit.

    00009574.jpg

    Design genius :)


    Is it a SS tool at the other end? (I only found out what one was the other day)
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    tardie wrote:
    Christophe3967 wrote:
    On the subject of beer, my favourite piece of bike kit.

    00009574.jpg

    Design genius :)


    Is it a SS tool at the other end? (I only found out what one was the other day)

    Oooooh you know what a SS tool is? Tell me! It's embarrassing not knowing...
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    tardie wrote:
    Christophe3967 wrote:
    On the subject of beer, my favourite piece of bike kit.

    00009574.jpg

    Design genius :)


    Is it a SS tool at the other end? (I only found out what one was the other day)

    Surly's Jethro Tule pocket tool is crafted from stainless-steel, then polished to a high luster. It combines an offset box wrench on one end with a leverage-enhanced bottle opener on the other.

    The double-sided 15mm box wrench works with most bolt-off hubs on the market. It fits quite nicely inside recessed dropouts, including those found on our 1x1, Karate Monkey, and Steamroller frames. Quit carting around the Vice-grips; our smooth, spoon-shaped handle provides ergonomic pleasure for your palm under the most rigorous wheel-removing operations, at a fraction of the weight and bulk. And, it snaps open the fizzy reliably before, during, and after the ride. The Jethro Tule hangs nicely on a key chain and is light enough to carry comfortably anywhere. Being 'Thick as a Brick', it is built to last and to resist bouncing out of your pocket during a rough single-track ride, or cross-town jaunt.
    Bike1
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N07/3258551288/
    Bike 2
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N ... otostream/
    New Bike
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N07/3479300346/
  • Fireblade96
    Fireblade96 Posts: 1,123
    Oooooh you know what a SS tool is? Tell me! It's embarrassing not knowing...

    I have to admit I don't know either. I was starting to assume an SS tool was someone who thinks a single gear is sufficient :P
    Misguided Idealist
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Fireblade96 wrote:
    Oooooh you know what a SS tool is? Tell me! It's embarrassing not knowing...

    I have to admit I don't know either. I was starting to assume an SS tool was someone who thinks a single gear is sufficient :P

    :lol:

    I also don't know what a 'single-track' is...

    EDIT: so, is a 'SS Tool' a 15mm spanner? FFS. I'd expected so much more. :roll:
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Fireblade96
    Fireblade96 Posts: 1,123
    EDIT: so, is a 'SS Tool' a 15mm spanner? FFS. I'd expected so much more. Rolling Eyes

    Is that it ??? Blimmin' SSers, claim it's all about keeping things simple and then invent arcane vocabulary to baffle outsiders :evil:
    Misguided Idealist
  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Fireblade96 wrote:
    Oooooh you know what a SS tool is? Tell me! It's embarrassing not knowing...

    I have to admit I don't know either. I was starting to assume an SS tool was someone who thinks a single gear is sufficient :P

    :lol:

    I also don't know what a 'single-track' is...

    EDIT: so, is a 'SS Tool' a 15mm spanner? FFS. I'd expected so much more. :roll:

    What do you do if you get a puncture on the Bowery? until recently you didn't even have a pump, did you?
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    antfly wrote:
    Agent57 wrote:
    antfly wrote:
    Tyre levers.Which is what I thought it was anyway,or a water bottle.

    Nah, it's definitely not a water bottle.
    I feel like Ernie Wise to your Eric Morecambe.I`ll set em up...

    As it happens, I can see a statue of Eric Morecambe from the office. =)
    MTB commuter / 531c commuter / CR1 Team 2009 / RockHopper Pro Disc / 10 mile PB: 25:52 (Jun 2014)
  • tardington
    tardington Posts: 1,379
    I didn't say it was exciting!

    But think about it - you don't get the chain tension from a rear derailleur, so you have to slide the wheel out once the chain is on (those horizontal dropouts!). A normal nut wouldn't do an SSer so it must be a Special Size (see what I did there?). Hence a fancy wrench for doing their special nuts. :wink:

    I worked it out from first principles *proud*
  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    Fireblade96 wrote:
    EDIT: so, is a 'SS Tool' a 15mm spanner? FFS. I'd expected so much more. Rolling Eyes

    Is that it ??? Blimmin' SSers, claim it's all about keeping things simple and then invent arcane vocabulary to baffle outsiders :evil:

    Its an ergonomic offset double sided box wrench, actually. :roll:
    Bike1
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N07/3258551288/
    Bike 2
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N ... otostream/
    New Bike
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/35118936@N07/3479300346/
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Stuey01 wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Fireblade96 wrote:
    Oooooh you know what a SS tool is? Tell me! It's embarrassing not knowing...

    I have to admit I don't know either. I was starting to assume an SS tool was someone who thinks a single gear is sufficient :P

    :lol:

    I also don't know what a 'single-track' is...

    EDIT: so, is a 'SS Tool' a 15mm spanner? FFS. I'd expected so much more. :roll:

    What do you do if you get a puncture on the Bowery? until recently you didn't even have a pump, did you?

    *assumes schoolma'am-ly demeanour*

    For one, young man, I do not get p*nct*res. Secondly, if I did, I would be in central London, so would either a) go to a bike shop or b) jog home.

    Now tuck your shirt in.

    And furthermore, all the non QR wheel nuts on bikes I have owned are 15mm. Is said ergonomic wrench ergonomic on both sides? Is 'wrench' not yankee for 'spanner'?

    Hmmmmmmmmmmmm?
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • jedster
    jedster Posts: 1,717
    or b) jog home.

    carrying the bowery?

    or would you leave the poor thing locked to a lamp post being circled by circling bike bandits?

    J
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    jedster wrote:
    or b) jog home.

    carrying the bowery?

    or would you leave the poor thing locked to a lamp post being circled by circling bike bandits?

    J

    Yeah, I'd take it with me, but I'd probably push it rather than carrying it...
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.
  • Stuey01
    Stuey01 Posts: 1,273
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    or b) jog home.


    In bike shoes?
    Have you ever seen that episode of Scrubs where JD does a triathlon? :lol::lol:

    My shirt is well and truly tucked, and my shoes shiny. However, i have not washed behind my ears.
    Not climber, not sprinter, not rouleur
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Stuey01 wrote:
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    or b) jog home.


    In bike shoes?
    Have you ever seen that episode of Scrubs where JD does a triathlon? :lol::lol:

    My shirt is well and truly tucked, and my shoes shiny. However, i have not washed behind my ears.

    I have seen that episode, yes, it's hilarious! And when I'm on the bowery I'm on SPDs - fine for a bit of a jog.
    FCN 7/1
    Viner Maxima, Tifosi CK7, Giant Bowery, Old commuter.

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