Originally Posted by
Road Fan
Skip, before you settle on an approach, make sure you can use a reasonably normal socket to remove the bolts next time.
Originally Posted by
smontanaro
Yeah, I just grabbed my usual 15mm thin wall socket. Not sure if that's "reasonably normal" or not, but that's what I typically use.
My experience is there is little problem using a standard socket on the 16mm Stronglight bolts as the opening is a wider than standard at 23.15mm. The clearance problem with 16mm bolts arose with Zeus cranks, as they had a standard 22mm diameter opening.