Old 01-31-22 | 05:39 PM
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microcord
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Originally Posted by sovende
I’d be pretty unimpressed with ANY bike shop, especially one in Japan, that didn’t have the tools required to remove Japanese freewheels .
I (in Tokyo) wouldn't assume that it wouldn't have the tool. I just don't know. I do know that the man who runs (well, who is) my favourite LBS didn't/doesn't have a wrench needed for one stage of the installation/removal of a mid-80s Suntour BB. He was very apologetic about this, and recommended that I go to a larger, longer-established and reputable rival a few hundred metres away, which would be likely to have it. It then occurred to me that I might have the tool myself, went home, looked for it, found it, and took it to the shop, where he took out the disintegrating old BB and replaced it with one made by Shimano.

Another problem is that some (otherwise hospitable) shops here politely refuse to handle old bikes (other than for humdrum matters such as changing tyres). (Yet other shops are happy to do so.)
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