think you know your bike tools?

[Ribblehead]

So, one left then....

still......

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Well, not sure if I should admit to this, but I only got number 7 because it's on here:

http://velobase.com/ViewTool.aspx?ID=347cd1c1-7409-4cb6-baef-6934f381ddb5&AbsPos=231

By the way, for anyone interested in vintage cycling equipment, Velobase is a most excellent resource for identifying components, tools etc. etc.

[Brucey]

I guess you know already that #4 isn't on Velobase.....

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[Ribblehead]

I guess you know already that #4 isn't on Velobase.....

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Yeah, I went through all the tools on Velobase, but it appears number 4 is not there!

Maybe once someone's identified number 4 you could add it to the Velobase website. I have a couple of 1980s components that are absent from Velobase. When I have a few spare moments I'll add them.

I don't really have any particularly unusual cycle tools. I have the Pamir Engineering Hypercracker, which must surely be a major contender for the most ingenious cycle tool ever designed and made, but it's not sufficiently unusual to be worth inviting people to guess.

http://velobase.com/ViewTool.aspx?ID=97f8d159-1011-41f9-acff-354e199ffb5c

I bought this tool to use with my 7 speed hyperglide years ago. As a matter of curiosity, does anyone know if it works with more recent Shimano equipment?

It seems there's now a whole bunch of cassette lockring removal widgets:

http://pardo.net/bike/pic/fail-029/index.html

but I think the Pamir Engineering HYpercracker was the first of its kind.

[Brucey]

bumpity-bump....still no takers for #4?

In the meantime another (easier?) one....

this tool is quite large; the handle grips are 'handlebar grip' sized

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[andrew_s]

I have the Pamir Engineering Hypercracker, which must surely be a major contender for the most ingenious cycle tool ever designed and made, but it's not sufficiently unusual to be worth inviting people to guess.
I bought this tool to use with my 7 speed hyperglide years ago. As a matter of curiosity, does anyone know if it works with more recent Shimano equipment?

It does, up to 9 speed at least

[531colin]

No 8 is to pry something apart....my guess for the something is single bolt handlebar stem clamps?

[Brucey]

getting warm there, but note that the travel in the jaws is well over 1"....


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[ChrisButch]

Tandem eccentric BB shell?

[Brucey]

warm-ish but not there yet....

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[531colin]

Dutch pliers.....how could I get that wrong!!

[Brucey]

yes indeed!

I've not heard them called that exactly before but I knew exactly what you meant by it so maybe it is a good name for them.

For the benefit of others; they are for spreading the LH dropout away from the hub so that an inner tube/tyre can be replaced without removing the rear wheel. This is of some benefit on bikes with hub gears, hub brakes, and chaincases, because it can save about 30 minutes of cursing.

Unsurprisingly, very many frames take a 'set' when you treat them thus (and I would never do this with a lightweight frame...), but 'gas pipe' roadsters must have, erm, nice ductile chainstays, because I don't recall hearing of one which actually broke when treated thus. Maybe if you have lots of punctures...

Now, if mystery tool #4 has everyone stumped, should I reveal it?

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[531colin]

We had a thread called "so you think you know your bike tools?" ....or something like that...

Well, I have another tool for you......with the added wrinkle that you can have it, if you want it, after its been identified (you don't have to identify it to get it...... ).......Here it is......

[Brucey]

is it a bearing press/freehub body extractor tool for a rear cassette hub?

-just a wild guess; I've not seen a tool exactly like that before....

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[531colin]

is it a bearing press/freehub body extractor tool for a rear cassette hub?

-just a wild guess; I've not seen a tool exactly like that before....

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Blimey! ..... people are sharp this afternoon!
I only just posted, and somebody moved it to the right thread.......now the right answer first time!
Its a Sachs freewheel body puller....and for all I know replacer.....the instructions are in French!

I don't have a use for it, so if anybody does, speak up!

[Valbrona]

I don't have a use for it, so if anybody does, speak up!

I think there is value in 'deleting' those tools which never get used from personal tool collections. Otherewise you just end up with too many of them, and nowhere to store them. But it is strange how bicycle tools can be such attractive objects in their own right. I regret selling my Campagnolo Record hub dust cap puller some years ago, but I decided on that course of action when I knew I would probably never use it again.

And I think we should disqualify Brucey from future competitions because he is just too good. And how about a prize next time?