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    I am already desperate, where I can buy this bolt

    So long story short I had 4 on my bike, but managed to lost 2 and in my city I managed only to get one M6 x 16, but I need 2 M5 x16mm with this head to match the back of my bike. The website I bought them in first place got deleted.

    I was trying to search on aliexpress and local website, but couldn't find any.

    Edit: I went to 13 different LBS, 5 local hardware stores and searched 3 hours plus on Google and AI to find this exact bolt. I know this seems as I didn't even try, but many people who commented that sent tottaly different style of bolt.
    I am really glad and happy that some of you managed to find it and helped me a lot .

    by -LupusAlba-

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    3. tinkerholic on

      Idk your location but you can go to literally any hardware store if your LBS doesn’t have it. Or if you don’t have an LBS.

      Also one of the most easiest parts to cannibalize off almost any other bike.

    4. Deeberer on

      It also doesn’t need to be a torx, allen would work. It can also be a normal panhead bolt. You’re not building a spaceship.

    5. Outrageous-Drink3869 on

      Replace all 4 with pan head screws from a fastener store or even a home depot.

      Won’t even notice it’s not the original screw then

    7. DukeOfDownvote on

      I feel your pain, this happened to me recently with a stem bolt that I lost one of, and was trying to replace.

      If you’re worried about strength or form, you generally don’t need to be. Torque specs on most bike fasteners are such that if you replace it with any reasonable fastener (stainless, “regular” steel) and torque it to the same spec, it will probably be fine. Match the head diameter where you can, and if you feel strongly you can get captive washer screws. It’s pretty common knowledge that Torx is capable of withstanding higher torque without camming out, but I think it’s less common that a Torx “tool hole” is usually less deep than a hex, and even less common knowledge that a standard dimension socket head cap screw, driven by a hex, when overtightened will usually snap its head off before rounding the tool hole, given a decent non-ball-end hex wrench. Just install bolts with grease or anti seize or even thread locker in the threads, anything to prevent metal-on-metal contact which leads to the bolts rusting in place.

      If you’re specifically after that “bike screw look” where it looks lightweight, you could get a completely matching set of taper-head screws. Wouldn’t match the original but still “feels” lightweight. In terms of performance it won’t get you much, but the looks are there.

      Another weird bike-specific thing that’s hard to replicate is the “m5 screw driven by a 5mm hex wrench” thing. This makes maintaining your bike easy if you can take the whole thing apart with only a 5mm hex, but is super uncommon and I have not been able to find these for sale. Usually a 5mm socket head screw is driven by a 4mm hex and so on and so forth

    8. ShrodingersArmadillo on

      That looks the be a M5x12mm screw.

      where are you generally speaking on the planet so I can see if I can provide useful links.

    12. adtokart on

      You can grab them at any LBS or hardware store in your area. Your last resort would be orange app – there are tons to choose from.

    15. Spotless_Pigeon on

      Lowe’s or Home Depot in the hardware aisle, or any auto parts store. Might not be a torx bit but you can get the right threads

    17. HayOffice on

      Does it need to be silver? Looks like new Terske bolts: https://terske.com/search?q=bo-lo

    19. texastoasty on

      Rather than trying to match the ones you have, I would suggest buying a new set which is all matching and saving the ones you have.

      I know what you mean about wanting all your hardware to match. It does look nicer. But yeah take the screw in to a hardware store, find what they have, usually socket cap screws are a good choice. And go ahead and get like 10 of this size and 10 in m6

    25. CoolButterfly1108 on

      Home Depot should have them in the set of drawers in the fasteners section

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