Bigbossman,
I hear ya. That's how I got the Stronglight 93 off my Tour de France and got the bike refurbished before I was finally able to find a proper Stronglight tool. Works just fine, although it scared the hell out of me when the chainwheel side finally loosened up (it'd been on, I assume, since the bike was new). Sounded like a .22 going off the way it cracked.
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Syke
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H.L. Mencken, (1926)