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Thread for Useful Bicycle Tools That Have Gone Extinct.......
...I was just suggesting to the guy who buys tools for our coop that he buy us some of these:
Which are incredibly useful as a one wrench fits all thin wall socket for both crank bolts and pedals.
He tells me they haven't been made or sold for quite a while now....
Anyway, here's a thread to share your favorite forged unobtanium bike tools.
Maybe someone out there in the world of manufacturing will stumble across it,
and decide to reproduce it for sale to grateful Freds around the world.
Which are incredibly useful as a one wrench fits all thin wall socket for both crank bolts and pedals.
He tells me they haven't been made or sold for quite a while now....
Anyway, here's a thread to share your favorite forged unobtanium bike tools.
Maybe someone out there in the world of manufacturing will stumble across it,
and decide to reproduce it for sale to grateful Freds around the world.
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Park stopped making the fork alignment reference tool
The version of Campag's T wrench that had a 5 & 6mm allen for the handle,
Campag is just 1 size allen + the 8mm socket.
Park, the short wrench .. 15 for pedals, and either a 32 or 36 for headset tightening.
the cool tool ..
The version of Campag's T wrench that had a 5 & 6mm allen for the handle,
Campag is just 1 size allen + the 8mm socket.
Park, the short wrench .. 15 for pedals, and either a 32 or 36 for headset tightening.
the cool tool ..
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I also have the Park CCW-2 14/15/16 mm 6 mm hex key tool 3alarmer pictured above. After I bought it I never used it since thin wall sockets on a ratchet worked better.
Finally, do 2 and 4-prong Sun Tour freewheel pullers count as obsolete? Mine are genuine Sun Tours, not Park's version.
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headset wrenches might not be extinct
but are certainly endangered
but are certainly endangered
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Here's a couple:
VAR Cantilever brake tool (to hold the pads against the rim - can be used with centerpull brakes also):
The plastic curve shaped tools used to set Shimano Exage series cantilever brakes (I couldn't find a picture of one).
VAR Cantilever brake tool (to hold the pads against the rim - can be used with centerpull brakes also):
The plastic curve shaped tools used to set Shimano Exage series cantilever brakes (I couldn't find a picture of one).
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It was a one off , my father , retired from machinist to the war machine making,
turned out a Pressure Lubricating tool for Sun Tour's New Winner Pro Freewheels
my design Idea .. that had their lube and purge hole on the inside ,
the part that threads onto the Hub.
the production of the freewheels of course ceased.
turned out a Pressure Lubricating tool for Sun Tour's New Winner Pro Freewheels
my design Idea .. that had their lube and purge hole on the inside ,
the part that threads onto the Hub.
the production of the freewheels of course ceased.
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because, unlike a thin wall socket, it has an open head, so you can put a 12 mm
wrench on your pedal cone lock nut at the same time you hold the cone in place.
In our particular co-op situation, it's just a lot handier to have one tool in your apron
pocket than a ratchet and three sockets......but that also makes things more prone to
wander off into the Land of the Lost.
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Surely too thick for a headset cone.
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They are thinned quite a bit more than the Crescent, perhaps not as much as one would
choose in designing a headset wrench, but enough that they are usable on most of the
cones and locking nuts I've encountered.
I looked, but cannot find a jaw profile image to link. They work, pretty much.
choose in designing a headset wrench, but enough that they are usable on most of the
cones and locking nuts I've encountered.
I looked, but cannot find a jaw profile image to link. They work, pretty much.
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They are thinned quite a bit more than the Crescent, perhaps not as much as one would
choose in designing a headset wrench, but enough that they are usable on most of the
cones and locking nuts I've encountered.
I looked, but cannot find a jaw profile image to link. They work, pretty much.
choose in designing a headset wrench, but enough that they are usable on most of the
cones and locking nuts I've encountered.
I looked, but cannot find a jaw profile image to link. They work, pretty much.
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Don't forget the double-ended (22mm/23mm) Park CCP-1 crank puller:
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being able to use them on addball bottom bracket fixed cups
and since they are flay they can be clamped in place
the same as you can do with a bb spanner
the channel lock adjustable
which certainly looks like a sweet wrench
would not be able to do this
due to the tapered jaws
old headset wrenches 1
chanel lock adjustable 0
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another thing that makes headset wrenches useful is being able to use them on addball bottom bracket fixed cups
and since they are flay they can be clamped in place the same as you can do with a bb spanner the channel lock adjustable which certainly looks like a sweet wrench
would not be able to do this due to the tapered jaws
old headset wrenches 1
chanel lock adjustable 0
and since they are flay they can be clamped in place the same as you can do with a bb spanner the channel lock adjustable which certainly looks like a sweet wrench
would not be able to do this due to the tapered jaws
old headset wrenches 1
chanel lock adjustable 0
Crank pullers being threatened as well by extracting bolts.
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Here's a phone pic of the RW1, new and old:
2013-06-14_06-32-48_731 by Wheel Deals Vancouver, WA, on Flickr
2013-06-14_06-32-48_731 by Wheel Deals Vancouver, WA, on Flickr
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+1 Double ended Park crank puller, both the CCP1 and early CCP2 had the dual head.
My other favorite is the Sugino BB tool kit (two tools). One had a fixed cup wrench on one end, lock ring tool on the other. The other smaller tool is a pin spanner for many of the vintage bb.
They do pop up on the used market all of the time.
The other tool I miss are the old style Park cone wrenches. They used to be nice chrome wrenches. Maybe I just like the chrome, whatever, but I prefer the older cone wrenches over the new ones.
My other favorite is the Sugino BB tool kit (two tools). One had a fixed cup wrench on one end, lock ring tool on the other. The other smaller tool is a pin spanner for many of the vintage bb.
They do pop up on the used market all of the time.
The other tool I miss are the old style Park cone wrenches. They used to be nice chrome wrenches. Maybe I just like the chrome, whatever, but I prefer the older cone wrenches over the new ones.
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living again with an appropriate length and thread bolt, ground to a usable tip
on a bench grinder.
Just not enough of the larger diameter threaded cranks around any more, I guess.