On my bike, I have Allen screws which have black plastic buttons/plugs pressed into the socket head. They hide the screw head and look quite nice. However, some are missing... does anyone know where I can buy some? Sorry I'm not sure of their exact name. Cheers.
Have you asked, or have you just looked like the dumb arse you seem to come over as - any part can be ordered, what do you think they would have to do if a bike was to arrive from the makers less these parts, send the complete bake back ?...
No they can't. There are three bike trades in any decent bike shop; cheap bikes, good bikes and parts. You can get _most_ (but not all) of the parts for a good bike as separate components from your parts shelves (customer packaging and all). For the cheapies though, you've often no hope of getting them, or at least bits in the same colour/logo. This is still true even if you're in the workshops of somewhere like Carratti's in Bristol - the vestigial retail shop window of a major importer. Bikes are imported in boxes and there's just no channel for shipping individual bits over as "completers".
If one is missing, you pull the others off and pretend they were never there. It's a _very_ common problem in bike shops. If it's an important part, then you stick something else on. Although it's hard to find "the right part", there's a huge amount of commonality between bikes (except for rear suspension parts) and you can always kludge something to fit.
To the OP - just throw the damn things away. They'll drive you mad if they're on anything you regularly need to adjust.
I would either bin the one you still have or if you like having fancy twiddly bits that look trick but dont provide any functionality invest in a set of titanium or similar hexnuts. If you are a racing snake then they might even make you go faster!!!
If you want tart-ups, then stick with aluminium. Titanium is expensive and a real sod for galling. It's especially bad for a Ti bolt in a Ti frame (my frame bolts are steel for this reason). If you do use Ti, always use a dab of Copperslip, Loctite or similar. In general though, they're just not worth the hassle.
Thank you Jeff. These are in anodised alloy too - even better!
The problem with searching for them was that I didn't know what they were called. All I have been able to find so far have been white or beige screw cap covers for chipboard furniture.
Thanks to those who replied positively :) Jerry, get constipated.
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