Yes, bodging. Not sure how many people have suitable bits of threaded rod lying around either to be fair, I certainly could've used one for the headset when I put my pub hack together but in the end went for the even more bodgy bit of wood and a hammer...gxaustin wrote: ↑19 Jun 2021, 10:08pm Why do so many people exaggerate? You can remove the bearing shells with a drift (unless you are really cack handed) and I made a bearing press out of two bits of plywood, two penny washers and a scrap of threaded rod. These tools cost me nothing (sorry Park Tool).
OK some people are really cack handed but they probably get their LBS to service their bikes.
You actually do need a special tool for threaded BBs but funnily enough nobody moans about that.
Threaded BBs do require a tool, but it's inexpensive and you get one in practically any starter tool kit. And if we're into bodging, I'd imagine a pair of alligator grips with a strip of rubber would do well enough to get external BB cups out