Originally Posted by
jamesl
I just bought a LeMans last week that I suspect is from the late '70s. It has an amazingly ornate lugged head tube. Silver and no pinstripping, tho.
I also have the standard Park tool and now wonder if it's going to be a challenge getting the cranks off. No doubt the BB grease is long gone....
Never had a problem removing the bb on my Lemans.
The only crank that challenged me was the French Stronglight, which was a "convenient" 23.15mm thread for the puller (22mm is the norm).