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Sayhi to the weird little clamp that I ran over with my bike on my way to work right now. If you ever wondered who would win in a battle between a weird little clamp and a bike tire, so the answer is the weird little clamp

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I bought it home and cleaned it

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Painting the weird little clamp

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Weird little clamp ascendant

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I was happy to find a square-head bolt in my bins of stuff. The original had a square head bolt, so this was a nice replacement

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@MLE_online Hello, weird little clamp. I think that's a beam clamp for hangin' stuff from beams in a steel building. I used similar ones to hang my lights. Sorry you had to meet like that.

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@North @MLE_online
So it's missing its little friend?

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@North I will keep it and torture it for what it did

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@MLE_online @North I came here to ask if you kept the clamp. Maybe de-rust and rehabilitate it!

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@MLE_online I relate to bike tires, in the sense of just expecting to lose fights

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@MLE_online
street born orphan clamp,
the bicycle does collide.
a new home is found

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@MLE_online Beam clamp.

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@MLE_online Finding a good road tool is such a treat!

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@attoparsec I would feel better about it if it hadn't made me miss the bus and have to walk my bike a half mile home so i could drive to work

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@MLE_online Yeah, that sucks. =\

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@attoparsec I should find a way to put it to work on my bike

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@MLE_online @attoparsec

Indeed. It injured your bike, so now your bike needs to help your bike in some way to maintain balance.

Even if that means it becomes a greeble, because that would kinda make a good greeble.

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@ducksauz @attoparsec I will give it some thought and see what I can come up with

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@MLE_online @ducksauz The riggers for an installation of mine were using what looked like exactly those things to anchor the piece (big steel sheets) between I-beams... over people's heads... outside for 9 months. So I bet it can handle bike-level loads, at least!

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@JohnS_AZ Yeah, it's definitely a beam clamp!

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@MLE_online I've never seen one loose before.

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@JohnS_AZ Neither have I. Nor have I ever run one over on my bike

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@MLE_online what a good little clamp 🗜️ sorry about your wheel tho

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@MLE_online I feel like most people wouldn't give it that much love after the tire experience!

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@beige_alert For all the trouble it gave me, i oughta get something out of it

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@MLE_online wow it cleaned up nice

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@crazybutable acid does wonders!

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@MLE_online which acid? Just vinegar? Or something stronger?

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@crazybutable stronger. hydrochloric

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@MLE_online wow I bet it never expected to be found and loved again after it was lost and rusted

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@ferrix Its evolutionary strategy is popping bike tires so the bike owner takes it home and takes care of it

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@MLE_online @ferrix

You realise they pair for life? You'll need to find its former partner or it'll pine.

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@botvolution @ferrix Unless it didn't have a partner yet. If so, now it's imprinted on me

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@MLE_online @ferrix it's the sink-plant of the clamp world

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@InstantArcade @ferrix except sink plant never did me any wrong

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@MLE_online I will be very happy if weird little clamp’s makeover involves a googly eye or two

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@mattgrayyes If I had any googly eyes, I will gladly add them

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@MLE_online That is an enormous improvement over its as-found condition.

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@smellsofbikes Now I just need to have an actual use for it

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@MLE_online as a hangar for tubes that are drying post-patching, seems apropos.

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@smellsofbikes True, but I don't have a beam to attach it to

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@MLE_online There are *multiple* times in my life that an offhand acquisition of some small doohickey has resulted in me building a bunch of required infrastructure to support that doohickey in the manner to which it is accustomed, and this seems like an entrypoint to that.

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@smellsofbikes No, I have more self control than that lol

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@MLE_online @smellsofbikes No time like the present to get one 😉

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@chrishuck @smellsofbikes These kinds of tricks might work on some, but not me. I am strong of will

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@MLE_online That almost cubic square head is really neat looking. All mine are flat and I now want some of these for using on vintage equipment.

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@smellsofbikes It does look very old fashioned

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@MLE_online I feel like I'm watching the season-long arc of a major character….

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@apontious Soon it will become cocky with its success and start alienating everyone around it

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@MLE_online That's the season 2 arc! 😂