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Originally Posted by
fietsbob
once again, you have to choose , buy all the BB tools to remove the cranks And BB cups ..
Or have a bike shop do the work and not have to buy all the tools . ..
OR seek out a Cooperative Bike repair, join it, and be able to share the tools owned by the CoOp, as a collective resource..
+1 In general, tools do not pay for themselves until the third repair or so. And there are a lot of different styles of cranks and bottom brackets, so one set does not work on every bike. Going a co-op is a great way around the tool cost problem.
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