What the heck is this tool for ........ cleaning
What the heck is this tool for ........ cleaning
Came with brushes what the he** am I supposed to do with it
Thanks
Thanks
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Re: What the heck is this tool for ........ cleaning
I believe it is intended for scraping all the rubbish out that accumulates in between the cogs on the back wheel. I have one, and it has never really worked that well for me. I tend to use the stretched edge of a duster, or something that's a bit like a glorified giant pipe cleaner, but everyone will have their own methods!
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Thanks, I have tried google no one knows exactly !
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Re: What the heck is this tool for ........ cleaning
backnotes wrote:I believe it is intended for scraping all the rubbish out that accumulates in between the cogs on the back wheel. I have one, and it has never really worked that well for me. I tend to use the stretched edge of a duster, or something that's a bit like a glorified giant pipe cleaner, but everyone will have their own methods!
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Re: What the heck is this tool for ........ cleaning
Well, turns out it even has a name - a "cog brush"....
https://www.evanscycles.com/fwe-cog-brush-EV183191
https://www.evanscycles.com/fwe-cog-brush-EV183191
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Re: What the heck is this tool for ........ cleaning
I believe it's correct name is 'perineum' brush.
Especially useful after those long, crusty days in the saddle. For the more hirsute pedaller.
So I was told!
Especially useful after those long, crusty days in the saddle. For the more hirsute pedaller.
So I was told!
Re: What the heck is this tool for ........ cleaning
I guess no one uses them, I keep getting them in with cleaning kits
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Re: What the heck is this tool for ........ cleaning
backnotes wrote:Well, turns out it even has a name - a "cog brush"....
https://www.evanscycles.com/fwe-cog-brush-EV183191
Which is just horribly jarring... they are sprockets, not cogs. Fundamentally different things.
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way. No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
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Re: What the heck is this tool for ........ cleaning
Almost but not quite as disturbing - it's also a brush without bristles!
Re: What the heck is this tool for ........ cleaning
Hi
Agreed, but the brush is named for it's inventor, the German engineer Uve Cog
Regards
tim-b
Which is just horribly jarring... they are sprockets, not cogs. Fundamentally different things.
Agreed, but the brush is named for it's inventor, the German engineer Uve Cog
Regards
tim-b
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Re: What the heck is this tool for ........ cleaning
[XAP]Bob wrote:backnotes wrote:Well, turns out it even has a name - a "cog brush"....
https://www.evanscycles.com/fwe-cog-brush-EV183191
Which is just horribly jarring... they are sprockets, not cogs. Fundamentally different things.
Not quite. Any disc with teeth on it is a cog, the terms ‘sprocket’ and ‘ring’ just refer to the function and position of the cog.
Re: What the heck is this tool for ........ cleaning
Forget it ................... unless you have a freewheel set.
If it's a cassette, buy or make a chainwhip and buy a lockring tool.
Take off the cassette and clean it that way.
Do it regularly and it's easy peasy.
If it's a cassette, buy or make a chainwhip and buy a lockring tool.
Take off the cassette and clean it that way.
Do it regularly and it's easy peasy.
Mick F. Cornwall
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Mick F wrote:Forget it ................... unless you have a freewheel set.
If it's a cassette, buy or make a chainwhip and buy a lockring tool.
Take off the cassette and clean it that way.
Do it regularly and it's easy peasy.
No need to remove the cassette to clean it,I find a paint brush dipped in White Spirit and brushed on the sprockets,being careful not to get any on the wheel or freehub bearings,then cleaned off with a rag worked between the sprockets.I the cassette isnt too mucky I spray the cassette with GT85 then use the rag to finish off.
My cassettes never get so mucky they need a toothed scraper as in the OP's photo
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Re: What the heck is this tool for ........ cleaning
As it happens, I worked out exactly what these things are for the other week, and it had nothing to do with cassettes.
Trouble is, I've forgotten. Sic transit Gloria Vanderbilt etc
Trouble is, I've forgotten. Sic transit Gloria Vanderbilt etc
Have we got time for another cuppa?
Re: What the heck is this tool for ........ cleaning
Marcus Aurelius wrote:[XAP]Bob wrote:backnotes wrote:Well, turns out it even has a name - a "cog brush"....
https://www.evanscycles.com/fwe-cog-brush-EV183191
Which is just horribly jarring... they are sprockets, not cogs. Fundamentally different things.
Not quite. Any disc with teeth on it is a cog, the terms ‘sprocket’ and ‘ring’ just refer to the function and position of the cog.
A cog has teeth that mesh with those of another cog or worm gear etc. A sprocket’s teeth meshes with a roller chain.
They are different.
Cog can also refer to the individual teeth on a cog, and could stretch to those on a sprocket as well, but the whole round thing is a sprocket, not a cog.
A shortcut has to be a challenge, otherwise it would just be the way. No situation is so dire that panic cannot make it worse.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are two kinds of people in this world: those can extrapolate from incomplete data.