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Sometimes it's the little things that make big differences. Stahlbus began after Martin Maszull had done dozens of brake fluid changes and, according to the company website, was simply fed up with constantly ruining the freshly painted caliper and being always at loggerheads with his girlfriend when bleeding the system. Maszull went on to invent the Stahlbus one-way brake caliper bleeder valve, which has reduced the amount of profanity in garages and shops around the world by an inestimable amount. Similarly, Thomas Modlmeier had a simple idea: a family-run, online business to keep him busy in his later years and something to hand down to his children or grandchildren. He hooked up with Maszull, who he refers to as a brother, and became the U.S. distributor for Stahlbus, creating a company whose products have quietly established a presence on bikes across the country. Modlmeier, age 62, of Munich, started riding mopeds at 16 in Germany and got his