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Old 06-17-07, 06:59 PM
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What tools should I have?

I'm a bit of a newbie and I recently bought an '85 Cuevas. Just wondering what tools I should buy to do all or at least most of my maintenance.
What I have

wrenches for
-pedals
-wrenches for the cones and bolts on the hubs
-almost unlimited auto tools (a lot of the time wrenches are too wide)
a pretty large set of metric allen wrenches
a freewheel remover
a chain breaker
everything needed for changing tires (compressor, spoons)

I have already taken apart, de-greased and re-lubed the sprockets on the RD, de-greased the hubs and repacked them, and taken apart the brakes and cleaned them.

Maybe a list of components would help
DA brakes and RD
Sun Tour SupurbePro FD (double), Superbe brake levers
Maillard Course freewheel (six speed)
cinelli stem and bar
Campy headset (it says BREV on it), down tube shifters, seat post, and I think the Botom Bracket is campy but I don't know,
SunShine Super Master Hubs
SuperMighty cranks
I can't tell what the chain rings are up front

thank you for any answers
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I can't add much, but the first bike-specific tool I purchased was the Park CCP-2 crank puller. This allowed me to service the bottom bracket. To get the BB itself apart, you will probably need a spanner wrench to remove the lock ring, and a pin spanner like the Park SPA-1 to move or remove the adjustable cup.

(A large screwdriver and a hammer worked fine to loosen the BB lockring on my bike - This left a mark, but saved me the cost of a new tool I wouldn't get much use from. Mine might be an odd one, but the fixed cup took a standard wrench instead of a pin spanner, so I didn't need that either. You'll probably be able to tell by looking at yours what kind of tools you'll need. Sheldon Brown's site has a good page on bottom bracket work.)
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So you won't beat up that pretty Campy headset you'll want a headset wrench (probably 32mm) too.
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