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it's a low end-ish taiwan/china bike company still loosely based in England.
are you saying it has notches that a hook spanner will fit into, on the outer edges of the ring? many use a punch to loosen those...
there are hook spanners in various sizes for such parts...
if the 6 indents are in the FACE of the cups... i'd contact them about the tool to remove the BB. remove the bad part in a fairly destructive manner, then get a more normal BB to replace the junked one.
search: "Ridgeback Bicycles" and email them. if you're in England, they have a network of "Stockists" scattered about.
the biggest variety of special BB tools available that i know Does NOT show a 6 point BB tool, other than an external notch type. they sell about thirty or more sockets and wrenches for BBs.
search: "Bikehand.com. catalog"
they even sell special sockets for the bosch mid drive e-motors... those are 7 notch design, mostly....
Campagnolo makes a external 6 notch BB ... Park has the BBT-4 tool for those... not sure of the OD on those cups though.
the Chinese Love to copy other designs, so it may be what you are dealing with... ?
Last edited by maddog34; 12-04-24 at 04:54 PM.