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[li]Lockring remover - euan[/li]
[li]1/8" Chainwhip - euan[/li]
[li]Headset spanner - euan[/li]
[li]Pedal Spanner - euan[/li]
[li]Make shift 1" Crown Race installer - a £2 metal table leg fae B&Q - euan[/li]
[li]Imperial Allen keys - for those with old frame - euan[/li]
[li]Workshop Chain Tool - rusty[/li]
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Anyone got a Shimano BMX freewheel removal tool or adapter I could borrow?

I bought the £20 tool kit from Lidl about a year or so ago. I don't know exactly what's in it off the top of my head, but I'll do an inventory at some point. The quality is dubious, but it's undeniably cheap, so there you go...



Short term borrowings of any of its bits and bobs are most welcome.

I've got the same kit.

Don't suppose anyone's got one of these?



My tools are currently losing to a Campag adjustable cup. A loan signing from another toolbox might get me back in the game. :-)

You just need one of these:

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=21151

Yeah Pin spanner for sure. You'll need one of those for installing a 75 bb as well.

[quote][cite] euan:[/cite]Yeah Pin spanner for sure. You'll need one of those for installing a 75 bb as well.
Yep. I've read this.

Ha! I've got pin spanners! I mean, what do you think I was using to try and get it out? My teeth? :-P

When you come up against a seized cup, you'll realise just how inadequate and laughable pin spanners are - especially those Park ones. I was really struggling there and all I could think about was that Hope tool. You'd get much better leverage with that on the end of a socket wrench and there'd be far less chance of it slipping. I'm not sure if they make them any more.

The cup's out now. A WD40 bath did the trick. Ta for your replies.

Good stuff. I thought you were trying to bodge it with another tool.

Nah, I just felt like I was never going to shift it, and the torment of knowing there was a better tool for the job was getting to me. If you want a taste of that feeling, try and hammer some nails into a bit of two-by-four with a banana. :-)

If anyone's buying pin spanners, I'd recommend rigid ones instead of the Park springy pincer type.

the shimano chain whip/lockring tool on hubjub seems a bit steep .. anyone got any recommendations for something similar 1/8" ?

I bought a Pedros tool for £18 which has a little bit that you can attach a length of chain to and use it as a chain tool. It's probably more than you're looking to pay. If you've got any chain lying around you could modify a cheap chainwhip.

[quote][cite] cfesq:[/cite]the shimano chain whip/lockring tool on hubjub seems a bit steep .. anyone got any recommendations for something similar 1/8" ?

the trixie tool is absolutely NO substitute for the shimano lockring/chainwhip tool. the trixie is for doing multiple jobs to an ok standard, as a chainwhip im pretty sure its not going to be that spectacular. the shimano tool is a high quality Professional track quality tool. different ends of the scale.

having read over that again. you probably just want something to change over the odd cog here and there. which the Trixie is fine for. Ive just allways wanted to get one of the fancy shimano tools!

I've got a seperate lockring remover and chainwhip. The cheap one from Velosolo. Does the job well.

Has anyone got a 10-speed compatible chainwhip and a Shimano cassette lockring removal tool that I could borrow? They should come as part of one of the £20-£50 toolkits.

Yeah, I've got them. Have you got a socket set or a big adjustable wrench that you could use with the cassette lockring tool?

i've got an adjustable but it's not that big.

It'll fit round the cassette lockring tool no problem. You might find it easier with a longer wrench though.

PM-ed.

i also have the shimano casette lockring remover but only have a small adjustable spanner to use it with but that works fine.

Anyone have a crank extractor and Shimano and Campag BB tools that I could borrow? Also, Does anyone want to do it all for me next week?

Perchance are you putting 75s on your Fuji?

[quote][cite] euan:[/cite]Perchance are you putting 75s on your Fuji?
Perchance indeed.

Sly one.

What BB you using?

Guessing a Miche if he want's the campag tool, which I have but shaun's got it at the moment. Can borrow it fae him if you like.

I definately have a crank puller and Shimano BB tool. But I may need them soonish if the Bob ever arrives.

[quote][cite] islipaway:[/cite]Guessing a Miche if he want's the campag tool, which I have but shaun's got it at the moment. Can borrow it fae him if you like.
Yarp. Miche all the way. I'll get a Sugino 75 BB when all my NJS parts go on to a nice 'sunday' frame.

So how much did you pay for the cranks on LFGSS? I guess you bought the chainring as well...

islipaways campag bb tool is in my flat, brought it on tuesday but our paths did not meet that night. I'm away this weekend though so if you want it for then, you'd need to meet me today or tomorrow.

Rabsda will get the tool to me and I will then pass it on.

I need a crank puller and Shimano BB tool (and whatever else I need to get my cranks off). Anyone got on that I can pick up on Wednesday afternoon/evening?

ive got a crank puller

i will have all the required tools in a few days if ebay sellars ship them fast enough but prob not fast enough for your needs.

Has anyone got the thin wrench to adjust the cones on a Suzue rear flip flop hub? My wheel developed a bit of play...

I don't suppose anyone's got a dishing tool I could borrow. :-/ Bit cheeky to ask, I know. I cannae find a shop in Glasgow with one for sale and I'm getting impatient.

[quote][cite] Soweto888:[/cite]I don't suppose anyone's got a dishing tool I could borrow. :-/ Bit cheeky to ask, I know. I cannae find a shop in Glasgow with one for sale and I'm getting impatient.

Aye, I've got one you can borrow.

Thank you, thank you, thank you... :-)

PM-ed.

Noooo, you don't need one, flip it round in the wheel jig and check if it's running the same distance from the "probe" as it was the other way round. Unless of course you're doing a ghetto build in the frame with some taped up pencils...

[quote][cite] velonoir:[/cite]Noooo, you don't need one, flip it round in the wheel jig and check if it's running the same distance from the "probe" as it was the other way round. Unless of course you're doing a ghetto build in the frame with some taped up pencils...

I knew somebody would say that! :-)

My wheel jig came from a shop - no taped-up pencils involved. It's just that it's a rather cheap and cheerful piece of kit. The arms flex when I put the wheel in. I don't trust them to bend the same amount, in the same direction, when I take the wheel out and replace it.

Unless the arms are made of some kind of material which changes it's Young's modulous every few seconds I doubt you'll wind up that far off the mark but fair enough, if the jig is pish then better safe than sorry.

I'm too uptight to wing it, man. If there's even the slightest doubt over the measurement, if it's anything less than totally unerring, I'll worry and fret about how far out the dishing is whenever I'm on the bike. Or near the bike. Or near other bikes. :-/

This is probably a stupid question, but can you guys tell me what is the best (cheapest) place to shop for basic bike maintaining tools here in Glasgow? I live in west end and the nearer the better.

Gear of Glasgow in gibson street has a bunch of tools and is generally quite friendly for advice. Alpine at the end of Gt Western Road has a decent tools selection as well.

I was in Gear at the weekend and they seemed to have no tools anymore.

I'm going to look into setting up some sort of database where people can add their tools and the availability of tools can be seen easily. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks for the advice! I'm not looking for any specialist tools but rather just the basic stuff I need for adjusting the seatpost & chain tension, fitting the mudguards etc. I have that stuff back home but here I don't even know where to look from. Ideally, I'd like to buy a cheap set of tools which I could just give away in the spring when I'm going home again.

[quote][cite] rusty:[/cite]I'm going to look into setting up some sort of database where people can add their tools and the availability of tools can be seen easily. Anyone have any ideas?

Google docs perhaps. It's pretty simple and is made for sharing and editing by a group.

Just get yourself down to B&Q get some wrenches and some allen keys.

[quote][cite] euan:[/cite]Just get yourself down to B&Q get some wrenches and some allen keys.

what about one of the cheap lidl tool kits they not still available?