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Cheaper Axle Nut Wrench
Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/
singlespeed wheels. Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . I looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10 shipping - what a rip. Hope this helps |
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Cheaper Axle Nut Wrench
Big Jim Pack says
Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/ singlespeed wheels. Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . I looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10 shipping - what a rip. Hope this helps I was thinking of this very subject this morning Big Jim as I was truing a wheel on my home made fixture. My list of shop built, "good enough for who they're for" tools include: * Wheel Truing Fixture * Chain Whips (4) * Freewheel removers (3) * Cone wrenches (4) * BB spanner * BB internal "socket" * Steering head cup press * Third Hand Tool * Cable and Housing Cutter/s My next ambition is to make a tensiometer. Who among us wouldn't enjoy an all expense paid Park Tool shopping spree or stumbling upon a chest of barely used VAR tools while scrounging flee markets and yard sales? Until that day of infamy arrives I'll make do or do without! Best Regards - Mike Baldwin PS- I recognize the need for specialized tools in the hands of professionals. |
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On Mar 2, 6:31*pm, wrote:
Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/ singlespeed wheels. *Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . *I looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10 shipping - what a rip. *Hope this helps A 15mm wrench came with every of a particular Fuji bike the LBS sold. I guess for the pedals. Anyway, they just threw them into a box and once they reached about a thousand, they started throwing them away. Maybe other LBS's have similar stockpiles. I hacksawed off half of mine and wrapped the remaining handle in left- over used bar tape for padding. Fits in my pocket better and nice and comfy! Joseph |
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On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:31:08 -0800 (PST), wrote:
Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/ singlespeed wheels. Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . I looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10 shipping - what a rip. Hope this helps yeah, but the Campag Peanut Butter wrench http://www.businesscycles.com/trtool_peanutbutter.htm is a thing of beauty, and it has big rounded ends which don't snag on your jersey pockets every time you put it in or take it out. Isn't that worth $27.50? Kinky Cowboy* *Batteries not included May contain traces of nuts Your milage may vary |
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Yes it's nice but not for $27 plus shipping. My 5 in long combo
wrench will do the job and it fits into seat bag. On Mar 2, 7:53*pm, Kinky Cowboy wrote: On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:31:08 -0800 (PST), wrote: Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/ singlespeed wheels. *Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . *I looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10 shipping - what a rip. *Hope this helps yeah, but the Campag Peanut Butter wrenchhttp://www.businesscycles.com/trtool_peanutbutter.htmis a thing of beauty, and it has big rounded ends which don't snag on your jersey pockets every time you put it in or take it out. Isn't that worth $27.50? Kinky Cowboy* *Batteries not included May contain traces of nuts Your milage may vary |
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Cheaper Axle Nut Wrench
On Mar 2, 12:31 pm, wrote:
Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/ singlespeed wheels. Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . I looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10 shipping - what a rip. Hope this helps Why a stubby? I have a $12 CDN Canadian Tire "Red" 15mm wrench. It's smooth, it's lighter than the $9 wrench by far, and it's longer, too. In fact, it's long enough to double as a pedal wrench, and the "Red" ones are guarenteed for life. |
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On Mar 2, 6:53*pm, Kinky Cowboy wrote:
On Sun, 2 Mar 2008 09:31:08 -0800 (PST), wrote: Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/ singlespeed wheels. *Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . *I looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10 shipping - what a rip. *Hope this helps yeah, but the Campag Peanut Butter wrenchhttp://www.businesscycles.com/trtool_peanutbutter.htmis a thing of beauty, and it has big rounded ends which don't snag on your jersey pockets every time you put it in or take it out. Isn't that worth $27.50? Cannot find it right now, but there is/was a double sided "peanut butter" style wrench that was 14/15mm for bottom brackets. Could be handy for those of us caught in the Miche "we'll put some 14 and some 15 mm nuts on our track hubs because we're idiots who don't ride" phase. A freidn of mine had a rear track hub with a 14mm on one side and a 15mm on the other. Fresh from the factory bag. |
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I wanted a wrench to fit in my saddle wedge I have a longer one but it
wont fit in bag. On Mar 2, 9:42*pm, Brian Huntley wrote: On Mar 2, 12:31 pm, wrote: Don't be fool and pay $20+ for a wrench to remove your track/ singlespeed wheels. *Go to Home Depot and get 7 stubby open end/box end combo wrenches in metric for $15 or so. 15mm worked on mine . *I looked all over and the cheapest single wrench was $10 with $10 shipping - what a rip. *Hope this helps Why a stubby? I have a $12 CDN Canadian Tire "Red" 15mm wrench. It's smooth, it's lighter than the $9 wrench by far, and it's longer, too. In fact, it's long enough to double as a *pedal wrench, and the "Red" ones are guarenteed for life. |
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