Originally Posted by bulgie

Yeah I was immediately elated the first time I saw that twist-tooth remover, so cool... Then deflated, when I saw that the giant handle was going to be megabucks and not interchangeable with their existing handle.

Only rich people could afford Campy freewheels anyway of course, so maybe that's moot. But I used to spend a fair amount of my time working on boutique bikes for rich people, and not exactly climbing the socioeconomic ladder while doing it.* I wondered if Campy was making the tools $$$ on purpose to maintain the elite status, but that can bite the bike owner when he finds out his town has zero shops or mechanics that can work on his bike.

*not saying I'm poor — I do have a "complete" Campy toolkit after all. I just couldn't afford a whole 'nother toolkit just to work on the one Campy freewheel per year I was likely to see. I'm sure every bike mechanic in Beverly Hills has one though!

Mark B